places where you won't be able to wipe the wag off your dog's tail - Remsen Corners OH
The Park
Stanley and Esther Allard donated 125 acres of a three-generation family farm to Medina County in 1992 “so others can enjoy the open spaces, the blue sky, the trees, the flowers, the birds and the hills and valleys that we have loved so much.” In the 1930s Allardale was one of the first farms in Northeast Ohio to practice soil-saving techniques such as contour strip farming and the planting of pines and spruces along steep hillsides. In fact, Stan Allard estimated that he planted over 100,000 trees during his lifetime. Plantings continue apace today and Allardale is considered one of the finest tree farms in Ohio.
The Walks
Taking your dog around Allardale is like touring your own private estate grounds. A paved half-mile loop is tucked inside a mile-long, mostly grass path that climbs across a meadow to the top of Medina County’s hilliest park and drops through a hardy beech-maple forest to a floodplain finish that is a wonder to behold during spring wildflower season. More blooms can be seen on the Wildflower Trail that ducks into an airy woods and travels around a shallow stream on a gravel path. Heck, your dog won’t howl in protest if you decide to go round a second time.
Where The Paw Meets The Earth: Park maps are available but just jump on the trail at the parking lot and leisurely follow it around.
Workout For Your Dog - Rolling hills for about an hour.
Swimming - The stream gurgles lightly and is an ideal sittin’ and coolin’ off stream but not deep enough for canine aquatics.
Restrictions On Dogs - Dogs are allowed to hike around Allardale and mutt mitts are provided.
Something Extra
A wolf tree is a tree, often very old, in a bush or a thicket which is different in shape from those around it; a tree whose broader trunk and spreading branches indicate that it once grew alone but is now surrounded. One such distinctive tree is a spectacular sugar maple perched ever so slightly on the edge of a ravine. Measured at 162 inches in circumference and 115 feet high, this is the champion sugar maple in all of Ohio.
Phone - (330) 722-9364
Pages/Allardale.html
Admission Fee - None
Directions - Remsen Corners; take Exit 3 from I-271 and go south on Ridge Road, SR 94, to Remsen Road. Turn left and travel east to the park entrance on the left, past State Road.
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