Deer Lick Cave Falls
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio
- Access status
- Short Metroparks loop past the cave to the falls
- The walk
- About a quarter mile to the cave, then about 100 feet to the falls; the short loop is about half a mile
- Ground & access
- Dirt trail with a hill and short stairs; muddy in wet seasons.
Deer Lick Cave Falls is a small, low-flow falls beside Deer Lick Cave, a Berea sandstone overhang in Brecksville Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks. From the Deer Lick Cave Trail Loop parking lot, walk the narrow connector about 20 feet and turn right on the Buckeye Trail. Follow the Deer Lick Cave signs about a quarter mile down the hill to the cave, then continue left about 100 feet to the falls. Climb the short stairs and turn left to loop back to the lot. A longer 4-mile loop starts at the Brecksville Nature Center.
Plan your visit
Deer Lick Cave Trail Loop parking lot in Brecksville Reservation, short connector to the Buckeye Trail, down to Deer Lick Cave, then about 100 feet on to the falls
OhioParkQuests gives about 1/4 mile from the Deer Lick Cave Trail Loop lot to the cave and another 100 feet to the falls, and calls the short loop 1/2 mile. Its 4-mile figure is for the longer loop from the Nature Center.
Dirt trail with a hill and short stairs; muddy in wet seasons.
Where to start
Deer Lick Cave Trail Loop parking lot in Brecksville Reservation. For the long loop, the Brecksville Reservation Nature Center lot at 9000 Chippewa Creek Drive, Brecksville.
Timing & water
Flow is best after snowmelt, in spring and after heavy rain; it can be weak in dry weather. OhioParkQuests gives trail hours of 6 am to 10 pm.
Before you go
OhioParkQuests says no permit is needed.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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