text: Cuyahoga Valley, a national park in Cleveland's backyard - Washington Times
  FILE - In this March 30, 2001 file photo, a great blue heron fishes in the Cuyahoga River in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Brecksville, Ohio. There are several rookeries on the river, which is also home this year ... more >
  SAGAMORE HILLS, Ohio (AP) - It's America's 11th most-visited national park, but it's also a place many people have never heard of: Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio.
  And while Cuyahoga doesn't have the dramatic features that typically draw visitors to national parks - no volcanoes, glaciers or geysers here - it does offer something that can be hard to find: an opportunity to immerse yourself in nature just minutes from densely populated cities.
  "The world will be looking at Cleveland during the convention," Yandala said. "It's a terrific comeback story of an industrial city that has a really great vibe these days" - a vibe that includes a national park in the city's backyard.