Frazee House — Attraction in Valley View

The house is not open, but you can walk around it and admire the build. It's stood nearly 2 centuries now, which is sure something. I peeked in the windows, and it looks like a mess. I'd love to climb to the 2nd floor sometime.

I came to explore the trail which this is the head for; which was not the best one in the National Park by any metric. If your goal is to see Linda Falls, you should come from the other parking lot on Sagamore Road; otherwise you'll have to ford the Sagamore Creek one way or another. Farther down the path, there are natural stepping stones, but definitely mind your footing on these slippery surfaces.

Even if that's okay with you, this trail is not well maintained, and you'll have to crawl through the (often dazzlingly beautiful) nature. Grasses and wildflowers are growing over 4' high in many places. Trees are down across paths all over, some fresh and others obviously left since at least the spring (it is late August).

For the price of your comforts, and the risk of getting a tick, there is definitely a reward. The high trail, South of the creek (MUCH more easily accessible by the Sagamore Road parking), has high cliff overlooks of the creek below, and leads more quickly to Linda Falls, which I'm certain is more pretty when it's not a drought.

The low trail, starting North of the creek, snakes along the water's edge, with the pretty sounds of rippling water. Wildflowers adorn the edges (and sometimes middles) of the path.

Ironically, if this path was more travelled so as to be trodden, it would be more accessible and lose none of its positives. But without regular traffic to keep it open, the faint of heart may turn back rather than duck through the grasses...

A connection to the towpath, across the street. For the more adventurous there is a wooded, somewhat technical trail. It can be an out and back, that takes you to Alexander trailhead and the bike and hike trail. Or it can be a loop that takes you past Linda falls. This trail has a variety of terrain. Some rocks, a couple creek crossing, some road and...

This is a good place to start a hike. This gives you access to all of Sagamore Creek and the CVNP . You can hike up Sagamore Creek and go thru the old railroad tunnel. I thought that was a pleasant hike and then return down the Buckeye Trail. Another option is to hike over to Ryan's baseball field and then go into the Sagamore...