April 3, 2024: Please be aware of Towpath Trail flooding across the Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area due to severe weather on April 2. Areas of flooding are more widespread in Stark and Tuscarawas counties.

Cleveland Metroparks
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• There are no current Towpath Trail closures, detours or advisories in Cleveland Metroparks.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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• December 18 – May 3 - Station Road Bridge Trailhead closed weekdays: Cuyahoga Valley National Park will close approximately 1.5 miles of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail north of Station Road Bridge Trailhead in Brecksville December 18, 2023 - May 3, 2024, 5 am Mondays  - 6 pm Fridays. The trail will be open on weekends. The closure is necessary for public safety while a contractor completes riverbank stabilization. No detour is available.  

Summit Metro Parks / City of Akron 
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• Ongoing: The Towpath Trail is detoured north of the Summit Lake Community Center while the City of Akron and Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition perform construction on I-76/77.
• Ongoing: There will be an ongoing closure/detour of a half-mile section of the Towpath Trail (in an area managed by the City of Akron) from Spaghetti Warehouse to W. Bartges Street due to the demolition of the B.F. Goodrich Smokestacks. Detour from the north: Turn left down a path past Spaghetti Warehouse to S. Main Street. Turn right and continue on S. Main Street to W. Bartges Street and turn right. Continue down W. Bartges to where the Towpath Trail begins again on the south side of the street. The Towpath Trail may be reopened during off-working hours during evenings and weekends.

Stark Parks
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• There are no current Towpath Trail closures, detours or advisories in Stark Parks.

Tuscarawas County Park Department

• There are no current Towpath Trail closures, detours or advisories in Tusc Parks.