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Fact sheet · Midwest

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Unit code CUVA. Figures retrieved 2026-11-06. Official alerts, fees, and closures are not copied here.

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States on the system list
Ohio
Guide region
Midwest. Editorial grouping of the state that contains the centroid, or the first listed state when the point is offshore.
Anniversary-table date
June 26, 1975

Table note: redesignated from a National Recreation Area 2000

Gross area acres
32,607.20

NPS fee acres: 19,261.95. Report date September 30, 2026. Gross area is not the same column as fee ownership.

Boundary centroid
41.2092, -81.5697

Containing shoreline polygon: Ohio. Not an entrance.

Recreation-visit record
Highest monthly mean is in June, July, or August

Highest mean: July. Lowest mean: January. Mean annual total across complete years: 2,602,637 (10 complete years).

The monthly record

January: 92,845 mean recreation visitsFebruary: 92,902 mean recreation visitsMarch: 157,608 mean recreation visitsApril: 209,887 mean recreation visitsMay: 274,891 mean recreation visitsJune: 307,106 mean recreation visitsJuly: 339,211 mean recreation visitsAugust: 322,299 mean recreation visitsSeptember: 266,374 mean recreation visitsOctober: 259,188 mean recreation visitsNovember: 160,543 mean recreation visitsDecember: 119,783 mean recreation visitsJFMAMJJASOND
Mean of reported recreation visits by calendar month, 2016–2025. Gold is the lowest mean and rust is the highest. A missing bar was not reported. This is a historic average, not a live crowd count.
Monthly recreation-visit record
MonthMeanLowest yearHighest yearYears in the mean
January92,84584,307128,23110
February92,90276,877110,51310
March157,608104,225213,80010
April209,887144,536280,87510
May274,891225,949344,82010
June307,106228,620361,45510
July339,211282,963402,34410
August322,299250,311386,86110
September266,374192,662327,85710
October259,188189,704318,58910
November160,543136,691216,48910
December119,783106,644163,39910

How to use this fact sheet

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Nearest other national parks

Distances are great-circle miles between boundary centroids. They are not road distances or travel times.