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When to catch Ohiothrough the year
We follow 2 places in Ohio for spring migration, wildflowers, fall foliage, wildlife by season and winter wildlife: fall at Cuyahoga Valley, winter at Cuyahoga Valley and Ottawa Refuge and spring at Cuyahoga Valley and Ottawa Refuge. Each timing below is the place's own source, in its words; none is a forecast.
When are you going?
Winter in Ohio
Summer in Ohio
Good in summer
- Cuyahoga ValleyBusy season
- Cuyahoga ValleyFireflies (peak activity near Beaver Marsh)
- Cuyahoga ValleyBeavers at twilight around Beaver Marsh
- Cuyahoga ValleyGreat angelica and cow parsnip in full flower around Beaver Marsh (by mid-June)
- Cuyahoga ValleyBottomland summer wildflowers, Towpath from Hunt House to Botzum
- Ottawa RefugeSeasonal trails open, dawn to dusk
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Next peak after summer
USUAL PEAK · FALL FOLIAGEThe third week of OctoberCuyahoga Valley · Ohio
Remind me →Places in Ohio
Pin color: each place's season now or next
- Fall
- Winter
Places on this map, as a list
Planning a Ohio trip
Park guides
Sources: National Park Service · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · checked Sep 28 · How we know