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Ohio State Park Gift Certificates Available Now!

For Winter Lodging or Summer Golf, Gift Certificates are available for Holiday Purchase
COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio State Parks offers a holiday gift idea that is sure to please everyone, and no shopping is required. Ohio State Parks gift cards suit any budget and can now be purchased on-line at www.ohiostateparks.org.
The popular gift cards can be [...]


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5th Annual Cuyahoga Valley National Park Bids for Kids”

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(Ohio) — Join Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association (CVNPA) for the fifth annual CVNPA Bids for Kids Online Auction.  You can purchase holiday gifts while supporting environmental education.  All proceeds of Bids for Kids will go to benefit urban school children through scholarship and educational programs at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center
(CVEEC). [...]


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Final Fall Foliage Update and Halloween Events

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COLUMBUS, OH – Outdoor enthusiasts can now enjoy peak fall color during visits to Ohio’s state parks, forests and natural areas. And autumn fun doesn’t stop when the sun goes down. Ohio state parks offer Halloween campouts, haunted trails and other great activities allowing families to create lasting memories.
“For many people, the [...]


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Ohio Fall Foliage Update #2

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COLUMBUS, OH – The highlights of color that are beginning to speckle the canopies of Ohio’s woodlands, along with the cooler temperatures, are signs that autumn is beginning to take hold.

“In many parts of Ohio, we are seeing the first signs of leaf change to yellow and orange,” said Casey Munchel, fall foliage [...]


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Making America’s Best Idea Even Better

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WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans are tuning in this week to watch Ken Burns’s latest PBS film The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.  Viewers will be glued to their TVs as the nation’s preeminent storyteller trains his lens on the national parks.  Then what?
Here are a couple of ideas from the National Park [...]