3 Days & 2 Nights in Cleveland & Beyond 🌳🎸👨‍👩‍👧

➊ Cuyahoga Valley National Park 🏞️ Just a 30-minute drive from Cleveland! We did a relaxed 30-minute hike—perfect for a nature boost. Brandywine Falls is the star 🌊—small but charming, with bridges and creeks along the way. Tip: Go early or later to avoid crowds. Parking gets busy around noon! ➋ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 🎸🤘 If I had to pick one must-see—this is it! Original manuscripts, guitars, and outfits from legends like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Even if you’re not a huge music fan, the vibe is infectious. Kids loved it too! Live performances sometimes happen inside 🎶. ➌ The Children's Museum of Cleveland 🚀 Right next to the Rock Hall—super walkable. Floors 1 & 2 have cool NASA exhibits 🛰️—great for space lovers. The top floor is all hands-on fun for kids. ➍ West Side Market 🥨🍎 A popular spot for global foods! A bit out of the way though—parking is across the street. Closes at 4 PM ⏰—plan ahead! ➎ Lake Erie — Lakewood Park / Edgewater Park 🌊 One of the Great Lakes—so blue and vast! Lots of parks along the shore. Lakewood Park was our fave—huge playground for kids to run wild 😄. ➏ Center of Science and Industry (COSI) 🦕🐋 Located in Columbus downtown—hands-down the best children’s museum we’ve been to! Loved the dinosaur and ocean exhibits. Pro tip: Our Cincinnati Children’s Museum membership got us in for free—don’t forget your ID! 🍜 Food Review Tried the viral spot Dagu Rice Noodle. It was okay—but honestly, the Yunnan Rice Noodles in Cincinnati might be better 😬. Service was just so-so. 🏨 Stay We stayed at HOME2 SUITES BY HILTON CLEVELAND INDEPENDENCE—about 20 mins from downtown. Indoor pool, free breakfast 🥞, parking, gym… Hilton never disappoints! #Cleveland #CuyahogaValley #NationalParks #OhioTravel #RoadTrip #NatureLovers