Towpath Trail Peace Park welcomes hikers and bikers in Tuscarawas County

A welcoming stop for hikers and bikers along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath and Buckeye Trail in Tuscarawas County.

The Towpath Trail Peace Park is a small, privately owned campsite right on the historic Ohio-Erie Canal Towpath, designed for bikers, hikers, dog walkers and anyone else traveling through. This trail also runs concurrently or across the Buckeye Trail, Scenic Byway, Tuscarawas River Water Trail, and the Great American Rail-Trail. We have four tent camp spots and one RV camp spot. While we started out developing the Towpath Trail Peace Park to primarily serve bike-packers and thru-hikers by offering primitive campsites we quickly saw other opportunities to serve the trail community. We decided to reserve the campsite located closest to the boardwalk that comes into Bolivar from Stark County for public picnic use during the day.

Something for everyone

The park is dog-friendly and has the following amenities: a wheelchair accessible Porta-Jon with hand sanitizer, shared electricity for charging phones, picnic tables, fire-pits, and fireside benches. At Peace Park you’ll find birds, butterflies, lightning bugs, wild turkey, deer, and other wildlife.

Finding peace

Towpath Trail Peace Park is located on the historic Ohio-Erie Canal Towpath Trail between the villages of Bolivar and McDonnell. It is on the towpath trail ten miles south of Canton, Ohio and 1.5 miles west of I-77 exit 93 on Scenic Byway Rt 212 in beautiful Tuscarawas County, Ohio. And it’s only four miles west of historic Zoar and Zoar Lake, too!

A vision for hikers and bikepackers

Our goal is to encourage trail usage and also make that site available during nights for tent camping exclusively for thru-bicyclists and thru-hikers. Our other camp spots at the park may be reserved and booked on Hipcamp. Hipcampers, once booked may go to an available campsite and set up camp.

Reviews

“This camp is a very nice place to stay when in Bolivar. Whether you are hiking, biking, traveling or kayaking, I would highly recommend this spot to camp. The owner Joe is very caring of his campground. Also, he has a vast amount of knowledge of the history of the area.” - Scott Freese

“You can tell [Joe has] put a lot of thought into the campground with the little details like solar lights under the umbrellas, along the pathways, in the port-apotty. which is super clean. There’s potable water and firepits along with trash and recycling(!!) at each site. Access to the Towpath allows for an easy ride into town for food/drink.” - Karen Richters