Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath: Bolivar to Zoarville is a 11.1 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near Bolivar, Ohio that features a river and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Stark County Park District 330-353-2377
The only lot for this section is near the middle at Zoar. (N40 36.426 W81 25.600)
March 27, 2021Compacted gravel. A little bit hilly and drop-off sides at bits. The river was lovely. Mostly a quiet ride and not too crowded on a Saturday. Would do it again. We did have a kid bike trailer and we were okay.
March 15, 2021
December 29, 2020Great trail, well maintained. Amazing scenery and follows the river for the most part.
November 12, 2020Beautiful stretch of the Towpath. It wasn’t very busy today but I have noticed how packed it is on weekends.
October 23, 2020October 15, 2020Mid October ride was beautiful with the leaves along the trail.
June 27, 2020March 16, 2020Trail conditions were fine, but otherwise the only redeeming quality of this portion of the Canalway/Towpath is that it was the last part of my section hike of the whole trail. This section is MONOTONOUS! Perhaps OK on a bike, but to hike it as an out and back of 11.25 miles was not fun.
October 14, 2019Mostly fine gravel and a very flat, easy trail. Ft. Laurens is a litle piece of history and so are the canal locks and worth learning about as you walk the grounds. Well-traveled trail, especially bikes. Swamp, Tusc River, turtles, chipmunks, squirrels, birds. I have biked, kayaked and hiked this trail/waterway. Nice area.
August 17, 2019Great walk! Has things to see that motivate you.
June 6, 2019I hike this section of the Towpath Trail often and love the history of Fort Laurens, the canal and Zoar, Ohio. Lock 7 is a great place to take a break and sit on the bench and relax. This section of the trail is very clean because the Bolivar - Zoar Rotary club has adapted it. They are presently developing a park at the Canal Lands trailhead which also connects to Zoar Lake trail.
April 27, 2019Very enjoyable trail. Very narrow tight path which I like. Lots of historic canal ruins and locks.. Close to the River. Great bar and food joint at turn around!!
August 28, 2018Great trail, plenty to see.
May 26, 2018Great trail! Clean paths
April 26, 2018great path for easy walk and with dog. nice and shaded and not crowded.
July 29, 2017I did this yesterday it's a good ride with a couple of technical area's which were a short severe incline and desent but there is by passes around them other than that it's an easy ride.
March 1, 2016Well kept flat quiet trail. My wife and I enjoy the section from Ft Laurens to Zoar.
February 21, 2016Well kept trail for hiking. The locks and history panels are very interesting. Also take time to visit historic Zoar and Fort Laurens museum.
June 23, 2015Was washed out but went back and they fixed it
June 6, 2015Nice quiet trail! Lots of turtles to see!
January 2, 2015Have biked and hiked from the Zoar end to the Fort Laurens park many times because I live ten minutes from here....Clean pretty
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