Cleveland
Hiking Club Inc. is a club established in 1919 to promote
and encourage hiking for health and recreation.
A Schedule of Activities is published monthly.. Schedules
are available here on this website and at MetroPark offices
or by writing the club at P.O. Box 347097, Cleveland, Ohio
44134-7097. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Newsteps,
the club newsletter for members only, is also published monthly.
VIEWING INTERNET
SCHEDULES
To view schedules on the net you must download Adobe Acrobat
Reader, available free. Click on "Links". Scroll
to page bottom, click on "Download Adobe Acrobat Reader"
and follow the instruction. NOTE: Schedule's on screen type
size may be increased by changing the type size % located
at the top or bottom left of your screen.
JOINING REQUIREMENTS
One must complete six hikes, within a year's span, to become
eligible for membership with The Cleveland Hiking Club. You
don't have to be a member to hike. Hikes are available seven
days a week (usually on both the East and West sides of greater
Cleveland. General classifications of the hikes are leisure
(usually 3 miles, taking approximately 2 hours), moderate
(usually 5 miles, taking approximately 1.5 to 2 hours and
strenuous (see schedule). The type of path and ground to be
covered, such as hills, etc., is usually listed in the schedule.
Arrive for the
hike on time. The hike leader will ask if there any visitors
and give you a credit slip to fill out and turn in at the
end of the hike. Once you have completed 6 hikes, you are
eligible for membership.
Download the CHC Visitor's
Guide for more information.
MEMBERSHIP
Annual dues are $45 / couple, $30 / individual. A one time
initiation fee of $20 / person applies. Dues basically covers
cost of mailings. Our monthly NewSteps provides mileage records,
social events and information about other club activities
such as excursions worldwide.
John Nelson
P. O. Box 24508
Pepper Pike, OH 44124
Phone: 440-449-2588
jnelson87454@adelphia.net
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