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701 Truxell Rd, Peninsula, OH

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About Ledges & Octagon Shelters (Cuyahoga Valley National Park)

A wedding at the Ledges & Octagon Shelters in Cuyahoga Valley National Park takes you into the woods near Peninsula, beside the sandstone cliffs of the Ritchie Ledges. Both shelters are rustic stone and timber buildings with big fireplaces, set next to a large open field and the hiking trails. For wedding photos and video, you get rough stone, old wood and wide green space all within a short walk.

The park lists the shelters and the fields next to them as approved places for a wedding ceremony. The Ledges Shelter holds up to 75 people, with indoor tables and an outside pavilion, while the eight-sided Octagon Shelter holds up to 50 and has its walls taken down for the summer, so it feels open to the woods. Both are fully accessible, with restrooms open year-round. The park keeps music at the shelters under 60 decibels, so plan on a quiet acoustic setup, and the stillness helps your wedding videographer record the vows clearly.

Every wedding here needs a Special Use Permit from the park. Apply at least 30 days ahead and up to a year in advance; permits aren't issued for Memorial Day, Independence Day or Labor Day weekends. If 20 or more people gather in the fields, you also reserve the shelter through recreation.gov. Alcohol isn't allowed at the shelters, so many couples will plan the reception elsewhere after their wedding day ceremony and pictures in the park.

Send the permit application early and reserve the shelter online.
Visit at your ceremony time with your photographer to see the light under the trees.
Ask the permit coordinator about photo, video and decoration rules.

A little about Ledges & Octagon Shelters

Civilian Conservation Corps crews built both shelters in the 1930s from American chestnut and locally quarried sandstone, in what was then Virginia Kendall State Park. The Octagon Shelter is considered one of the best examples of the Corps' rustic park buildings in the valley.

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