Brandywine Creek is a
tributary
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of the
Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River ( , or ) is a river located in Northeast Ohio that bisects the City of Cleveland and feeds into Lake Erie.
As Cleveland emerged as a major manufacturing center, the river became heavily affected by industrial pollution, so mu ...
that is partly contained in
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is an American national park that preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast Ohio.
The park is administered by the National Park Service, but within ...
in
Ohio
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.
Watershed
The river runs into the
Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River ( , or ) is a river located in Northeast Ohio that bisects the City of Cleveland and feeds into Lake Erie.
As Cleveland emerged as a major manufacturing center, the river became heavily affected by industrial pollution, so mu ...
in
Sagamore Hills Township near the now-abandoned
Jaite Paper Mill. Discharge volume is extremely seasonal, usually a few cubic feet per second, and peaking at several hundred cubic feet per second under flood conditions.
The Brandywine Creek
watershed
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* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
begins in the northern portion of
Hudson
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, and includes the cities of Hudson,
Macedonia and
Twinsburg
Twinsburg is a suburban city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, located about halfway between Akron and Cleveland. The population was 19,248 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Akron metropolitan area.
History
In 1817 Ethan Alling, then ...
, and the townships of
Boston
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, Sagamore Hills, and
Northfield Center.
Brandywine Falls
Brandywine Falls, high, at , Elevation:
within
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is an American national park that preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast Ohio.
The park is administered by the National Park Service, but within ...
, is accessed by a parking lot located on Stanford Road, about from Brandywine Road, approximately South of
Ohio State Route 82
State Route 82 (SR 82) is a state route in northeastern Ohio, with a western terminus at State Route 57 in Lorain County, southeast of Elyria.
Route description
The route travels predominantly eastward through the southern suburbs of Clevel ...
, and North-West of
Olde Eight in
Sagamore Hills, Ohio
Sagamore Hills Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 US Census population was 10,845 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following town ...
. From there, wooden paths lead down to the waterfall. The falls can also be accessed via the Brandywine Gorge Trail, a 1.5 mile hiking trail.
Rock layers
The rock layers of the Brandywine Falls can be read like a book. Each chapter covers millions of years, as ancient seas left behind sediments that were compressed by added layers. The rocks here at the base of the falls were formed more than 400 million years ago.
Brandywine Creek and the "bridal veil" cascades began about 10,000 years ago after the last glacial retreat. The falls have now exposed the harder, yellow-brown
Berea sandstone looming over the softer, deep red
Bedford Shale
The Bedford Shale is a shale geologic formation in the states of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia in the United States.
Identification and name
John Strong Newberry, director of the Ohio State Geological Sur ...
. Since sandstone is more resistant to erosion, the shale below is frequently undercut. As these layers wear away, the story of the earth continues to be revealed.
Village of Brandywine
Brandywine Falls was the site of the
Village of Brandywine.
See also
*
List of rivers of Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word '' ohiːyo, meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". The Ohio ...
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Rivers of Ohio
Cuyahoga River
Rivers of Summit County, Ohio