About this city
Peninsula is an exceptionally picturesque, landscape-rich open-air living history village nestled snugly inside a deep gorge carved by the Cuyahoga River, completely enveloped by the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Established painstakingly in 1824, the town's geography was dynamically transformed by the construction of the historic Ohio and Erie Canal, booming early as a vital water-powered stone quarrying, timber, and canal boat building empire. Today, Peninsula proudly serves as the absolute artistic and logistical heartbeat of Ohio's only national park, preserving an unaltered nineteenth-century New England romance.
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Suggested stay: 1–2 days
Board the vintage train cars at the historic Peninsula Depot along the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, bike or jog the unpaved historic Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, and browse artisan galleries downtown.
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