INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - Take a brisk bicycle ride through the 20 miles of the Towpath Trail in the Cuyahoga National Park with my compressed 90-second video shown above.



I mounted a GoPro camera to the handlebar of my bike for the ride in late October, just as the leaves were turning. The idea is to show people who may not have had the chance to trek the entire length of the trail the wide variety of nature along the Towpath.

The ride starts in Akron, at the point where the Towpath Trail transitions from the Summit Metro Parks to the national park. It wraps up in Independence, where the Towpath leaves the national park for the Cleveland Metroparks.



If the video above moves too fast for your liking, take a look at the still photos shot from my bicycle seat heading both south and north. They are displayed below.



The Cuyahoga National Park is one of the nation's busiest national parks, with close to 2.3 million visitors a year.



The Towpath Trail runs for close to 100 miles through several communities and parks from Cleveland to near New Philadelphia.