Affelder House Trails

Drockton told the hikers and allow them to experience the hills ravines and streams of geauga county s varied terrain.

Affelder house trails. The building and surrounding 85 acres of property were part of the louis and ruth affelder life estate given to the park district in 1992. The affelder house there are currently nearly 7 miles of trails in the west woods traversing through woodlands across streams and past outcroppings of sharon conglomerate. It s a regular size geocache with difficulty of 1 5 terrain of 1 5. The geauga park district site recently completed a controlled trail to the falls for public access.

The 1 1 mile affelder link trail connects to the pioneer bridle trail in the west woods. Switch back to the affelder link and continue east on that trail until you meet the junction of the pioneer bridle trail. 306 in russell township. The affelder falls at the west woods located at 15139 chillicothe road in russell township.

The goal is to connect people with the wonderful wildlife ms. Enjoy the discovery trail which leads visitors past vernal pools. Signage directs toward trails for outdoor enjoyment of the west woods. It s located in ohio united states this is the second cache in the gpd series for 2017 which will be hidden on some of the newer tails within the park system.

You may turn back here for a 2 5 mile hike. Take the trout lily trail to sunset overlook. The west woods park in russell and newbury features the west woods nature center open daily as well as the recently remodeled lewis ruth affelder house available for your next gathering or work function. Enjoy multiple trails for walking hiking running and horseback riding.

Check out my activity on alltrails. Why is it called affelder house. Blaze a new trail affelder house gc70z1a was created by geauga park district on 2 8 2017. Until just recently as of this writing affelder falls was only accessible by hiking off trail upstream from the affelder house.

A beautiful setting tucked. The waterfall is rather slim and dries up quick so you re best off checking it out after rains and snowmelts. The affelder house is surrounded by sensitive natural areas. This changed in 2016 when geauga parks built the 25 mile waterfall trail which connects the affelder house to the affelder link trail and passes right over the falls.

Consider the west woods affelder house located off rt. Pick up the falls trail which takes you for a view of the affelder falls in its springtime beauty. Or follow neighbors way from the nature center to the picnic shelters. The house which has been given a hunter s cabin feel can be reserved by the public for special events.