After Canal Basin Park you can find several Cleveland Lakefront Trails - Interactive Map One nice paved trail "Red Line Trail" runs from Columbus Rd-Centennial Lake Link Trail to W 65th St
At Scranton Flats in Cleveland, the trail meets the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail
At the Harvard Ave turn on Canal Towpath Trail you can go straight and meet the Treadway Creek Trail that goes up to Harmody Park and then connects to Brighton Trail and to the Cleveland Zoo.
In Cuyahoga Hts, the trail meets the Washington Reservation All Purpose Trail
Between Cuyahoga Hts and Akron the towpath runs through the
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Within the National Park,the trail meets the Brecksville Reservation All Purpose Trail, The Hemlock Creek Trail and Metro Parks Valley Parkway
Heading east is a 2 mile safe road connection Connector to the 32 mile Akron-Bike/Hike Trail
and the Bedford Reservation
In Akron there is Access to the Akron Freedom Trail at E Mill St
Near Canal Fulton, the Old Muskingum Trail
parallels the towpath trail (on the opposite side of the canal)
In Massillon, the trail meets the Sippo Valley Trail
This is where the Ohio to Erie Trail leaves the The Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath.
At the trail's southern endpoint, it continues as the Zoar Valley Trail