Towpath Trail

Details: Written by Joe Rinehart; Category: Towpath Trail; Published: March 08 2019; Created: April 27 2018; Last Updated: November 29 2020

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Airbud is the peace park mascot Bring your best friend and hike the best dog-friendly section of the Ohio & Erie Canalway towpath trail between the Canal Lands trailhead to the Fort Laurens trailhead then through the village of Bolivar to the McDonnell Trailhead. Our Towpath Trail Peace Park primitive campsites are also dog friendly and more information is available at https://towpathtrailsnackshack.com/about/peace-park/primitive-camping

Details: Written by Joe Rinehart; Category: Towpath Trail; Published: July 03 2019; Created: June 06 2019; Last Updated: July 03 2019

2020 will be the 50th anniversary of Earth Day!

The countdown to Earth Day 2020 page is at https://www.earthday.org/earthday/countdown-to-2020/

The Towpath Trail Snack Shack is participating with the Ohio & Erie Canalway Adopt-A-Trail Towpath Trail program and also the Ohio Department of Transportation Adopt-A-Highway program. The two programs are independant of each other and both require waivers and a safety class to particapate. We meet the last Saturday monthly at 10 AM at the McDonnell trailhead. Upon completion of the McDonnell trailhead cleanup, we start the Rt 212 Scenic Byway cleanup and hike to the four mile marker by NAPA east of Bolivar for a total of 3 miles. Our Facebook McDonnell Trailhead Cleanup events are at URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/1535127479953809/

The Earth Day Network Facebook page is at URL: https://www.facebook.com/EarthDayNetwork/

Details: Written by Joe Rinehart; Category: Towpath Trail; Published: June 25 2017; Created: June 25 2017; Last Updated: April 27 2018

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Bikers will love touring our beautiful Buckeye Trail and Ohio-Erie canal Towpath Trail to the Snack Shack and throughout Tuscarawas County, Ohio! Biking on the Ohio-Erie canal towpath trail and buckeye trail is a healthy way to enjoy life and reap the benefit of becoming physically fit.

The Snack Shack & Peace Park rest area hopes to become a destination and resource of information for biking our beautiful section of the Towpath & Buckeye trails.

For ore informaion about biking the towpath trail visit URL: https://www.ohiobikeways.net/erietowpath.htm

Details: Written by Joe Rinehart; Category: Towpath Trail; Published: March 06 2019; Created: March 06 2019; Last Updated: March 08 2019

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Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition (IHTC)

The Towpath Trail Snack Shack is pleased to introduce the Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition (IHTC). We are located on both the Buckeye Trail and the Ohio Erie Canal Towpath Trail in Bolivar, Ohio of Tuscarawas county. Hike to the Towpath Trail Snack Shack for a hot dog of exotic sausage on your next trek ;)

Details: Written by Joe Rinehart; Category: Towpath Trail; Published: June 25 2017; Created: June 25 2017; Last Updated: June 25 2017

The Tuscarawas river is about 300 yards west of the Towpath Trail Snack Shack & Peace Park rest area at the Bolivar aqueduct McDonnell trail-head on the Stark-Tuscarawas county line.

For all the scoop on getting a license and the regulations visit the Ohio Dept of Wildlife at URL: http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/fishing/fishing-regulations/licenses