Indian Signal Tree — Attraction in Akron

The pictures I posted are from 1980, before the park existed a friend of mine had read about the signal tree in a book which described where it was. So we went in search of found this dirt road, followed it back and found this amazing tree, luckily I brought my camera. One of the pics is from 20 ft up in another tree that is gone now. I recently found these pictures and thought I would share them on this site. I hope...

I love history and this is a little known slice of Ohio's....it is so important and awe inspiring when you realize that you are standing on the actual portage path of the Indians who walked and carried their canoes right through there. The bathrooms are clean and trails are well maintained. The tree is not far from parking lot and there are...

For me, this is a historical spot and a pretty unique tree so you can tell why it was used as a landmarker between the two rivers. Even the Summit Metro trail it is on (2.4 miles long) is not a bad trail to walk. One thing I have learned is that you have to be aways a way to take a great shot of the entire tree since of...