Brandywine Falls

This is an absolutely beautiful place! We hiked the Brandywine loop with our 2 and 4 year old. It wasn't too difficult although with toddlers it did take over an hour. They loved the waterfall and all the stairs!

There's a couple short trails around this corner of Cuyahoga National Park. The main trail is short but VERY pretty, green. The falls are spectacular. Definitely worth a visit. The parking lot does fill up quickly. Get there early.

The boardwalk takes you right to the falls. Normal pace, less than 10 minutes. Mostly stairs and some landings to rest and observe nature. Seen some chipmunks and heard a northern flicker. Well shaded. Not really any access to the falls although it's not very deep and looks inviting. Some shade parking. Not much.

This was a quick and easy walk along a well maintained boardwalk. There were 4-5 nice places to stop and get good views of the falls. Ranging from the lower stairs to see full height to a few side views to a bridge to see it from above. There is a nice view of a peaceful waterfall. We visited on a Saturday morning and it was pretty busy but not crowded.

Pretty, but can't really get close to to the waterfalls, on levels 2 and 3. Walking back up 4 flights of stairs to see from level 1 on. 90°+ day just didn't seem interesting. Just limited vision to the see the falls through the trees. Smells fantastic. Active conservation and ecosystem culturing is in progress. Once you go past the meadow and picnic area, beware the nonstop wall of mosquitos if you try to head down the cliffs on the trails. I gave up eventually. Bikes are near constant past walkers. Gorgeous old house and lots of historical markers throughout the park.

Lovely hike and the falls were quite flooded, so powerful and beautiful. The hiking trails could have used more directional signs, we definitely got lost a time or two. 😂 The bathrooms were nice and the steep board walks have nice railings to hold onto.

Better than expected. Went at 6pm on a Thursday in June and very few people there. Way too many mosquitoes in the Marshes area - no joke, walked through a wall of them - but no problem with them by Brandywine. The steps down to the waterfall viewing platform are steep and not for everyone. Really not bad and not long.

Absolutely stunning waterfall! It’s very large and has so much power behind it! This area is very beautiful and I love the lower falls viewing area! You can get right up close with a beautiful view point. There are a lot of steps down so luckily there is an upper viewpoint as well! If you’re able bodied, I highly recommend hiking the Brandywine Gorge trail while you’re here. I think it was around 1 and 1/2 to 2 mile loop from the falls. Stunning!