TreeTop Adventures — Local services in Canton

Treetop Adventures is a fun and exciting way to spend some time outdoors.

There are several courses here, each with varying degrees of difficulty. You start each session with a safety briefing from one of the many present and friendly staff members. Once complete, you proceed to the harnessing station, where you are outfitted with all of the requisite safety gear.

Please note, you'll need to wear closed-toe shoes  and mandatory gardening gloves (which may be purchased at check-in). I would recommend wearing form fitting pants or shorts that come down to mid-thigh, as anything shorter may cause some chafing and discomfort from the harness straps that support your thighs.

Once suited up, you then head to a nearby demonstration course with staff where you get to practice the ingenuous system of locking yourself to the safety line which will allow you to safely maneuver the aerial courses. You will also get to demonstrate the zip line apparatus, which is very fun. After you're comfortable with the safety mechanisms, it is time for the fun to begin!

There are several courses to choose from, starting with the Yellow beginner courses which are lower to the ground and offer some of the more tame challenges. Those looking for more thrills will then move onto the Green courses, which are a bit higher off the ground, and are a bit more challenging. The Green courses are where most people would be most comfortable. For the braver and more daring souls, the next step up would be the Blue courses. These can be very high off the ground, and offer several unique and difficult sections. Finally, there is the Black course, which is the highest and most difficult.

Every course has at least one zip line section, with some offering several! In addition, some of the more difficult trails end with a slow fall descent. Here, you attach your harness to an auto belay device before stepping off the platform. The descent is a controlled slow-fall, but it can take a lot of courage to take that step over the edge.

A few things to note: climbers come in all sizes, but the courses and the safety lines are at a set height. This means it can be difficult for someone who is shorter to navigate some sections where the safety line is higher than the course (most often seen in the middle section of an element, where there is more slack as opposed to the more taut safety line).

Keep that in mind for younger children, as they may have to tip toe just to be able to proceed across the element.

There are water stations sprinkled around the park. There are also free cubbies for you to store a jacket or other belongings. These cubbies are near the always-staffed harness station. There is plenty of first aid available as well should you need a bandage.

The busiest time is in the afternoon, where it can take a while to finish a course if there are several climbers ahead of you. I recommend going earlier in the day.

Most of the course is shaded by the tall surrounding trees. There are lots of benches and Adirondack chairs for spectators to watch from below. There are portable bathrooms nearby. The staff are very friendly, attentive and ready to give assistance when...

A friend and I came to Tree Top for the first time. I am 63 and she is 76. We are not "athletes" by any means, but we also are not sedentary either. I had an absolutely fantastic time! My friend did not enjoy it as much, but it was mostly her own fears rather than the actual experience. She was able to complete 2 of the yellow trails, and I went on to complete a 3rd one on my own while she rested. I cannot say enough about the ENTIRE staff at Tree Top. Everyone was engaged, upbeat, and really seemed to care about their job and the customer's experience, from the front desk to the harness wranglers to the course overlords. Everyone performed their jobs with attention to detail and integrity, which made for an enjoyable and safe experience. They were particularly patient and helpful with my friend, who definitely could not have completed her 2 trails without their encouragement and advice from the ground. (Special shout out to Ryan and Julia!) They took pictures for us at the end, allowed us to re-harness for a photo op, let us use the picnic tables (as long as we were quiet during the instructional briefing that happened in the same location), and in general, did everything they could to treat us with respect, dignity, and positive energy. If I could add one piece of constructive feedback - there was a child about 8 who was waiting for room on a platform. While waiting, he was jumping up and down on his element which caused the element my friend was struggling with to sway. Justifiably, she became very alarmed since she had no idea why that was happening. When I asked a staff person to ask him to stop, she did so immediately, but without being harsh, and he stopped right away. I also learned that he was spoken to privately later. (Great job on the staff's part!!) Obviously, it would be unreasonable to expect staff to see everything happening at every second. Therefore, I would have liked a mention during the briefing that something like that can be dangerous, as well as some signs about it on the course. Also, where were his parents? He was very young, and I think there should have been a guardian somewhere within his orbit to address that as it began. That would go a long way to mitigating the involvement of staff in such a situation. Thank you so much for the hard work from everyone, especially this late in the season - I'm sure it was a long summer! Keep up...

My family had a great time with the exception of one part of the course. Each part of the course has different levels. My nephew and myself went on a blue course that takes you to the other side of the parking lot. On this side of the course there needs to be more staff members. We were instructed that at any point if you need a staff member you need to call out the word staff and someone will come help you. There was a part on this course that you have to take a rope swing to get to the other side. When you take this swing it drops you onto a rope net. You can tell this net needs to be replaced and instead of doing this, it’s been repaired with para cord. Well when we landed on the net our zip line harness got caught in this rope net. It was so caught that it caused us to get stuck. Not only could we not get our harnesses unhooked but we were stuck in this net because the rope was so logged into our zip line mechanism. It happened to my nephew first then myself. After being stuck on this net for over 20 mins and trying to call out to staff no one came to help. I had to use everything in me to pull the rope from my harness. Finally a crew member comes over and tells us we need to hurry up. When we ended the course I tried to tell a staff member that it was very dangerous and they needed to fix the net. They told me it happens all the time and told me they were closing down for the day and we needed to go get our harnesses off. A 2 hr ticket was waisted because it took us over an hr to finish one course because no one would help us. If they fix this net and add more staff members to certain areas I think that would be better. This was a safety issue that was out of our control and we...