Sign in Massillon Section
The Massillon Section begins in Hartville where the Mogadore Section ends. The north end of the trail follows suburban roads through the City of Green and on past Nimisilla Reservoir, a unit of Portage Lakes State Park. In Crystal Springs, the trail connects to the south end of the Akron Section. This junction closes the ‘Little Loop’ of the Buckeye Trail, which comprises the Akron, Bedford, Burton and Mogadore Sections, as well as the part of the Massillon Section described above. Next, the trail joins the Congressman Ralph Regula Towpath Trail Park, a unit of Stark Parks. This trail is built, where possible, on the towpath of the old Ohio Erie Canal. The trail is followed through the remainder of Stark County and some of Tuscarawas County. The trail visits the towns of Massillon, Navarre and Bolivar. Towards the south end of Stark County is the transition between the glaciated plateau of northeast Ohio to the unglaciated plateau of southeast Ohio. However, after you cross the Tuscarawas River near Zoarville in Tuscarawas County, the change will become much more obvious. Here, the Buckeye Trail once again follows country roads past Camp Tuscazoar as they undulate and meander into the Bowerston Section.