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Enjoy Green Space
New access to land along lake and stream corridors
Since 1959, when Lake Metroparks acquired its first piece
of land, the park district has focused its conservation
efforts on the county’s stream corridors and the Lake Erie
shore. Purchases were joined over the years to form parks
capable of supporting a range of outdoor education and
recreation activities. It took years to develop these areas,
but the goal was always the same—to protect them so that
future generations could enjoy them.
Over the past several years, Lake Metroparks has seen
this hard work come to fruition and the park district has
made a concerted effort to expand public access across
Lake County. This effort has taken many forms including
opening new parks, constructing new trails, providing
parking areas and trail heads, installing scenic overlooks
and decks highlighting the park district’s best views and
providing access to streams and ponds for fishing.
Since 2010, the park district has opened Gully Brook Park
on the Willoughby/Willoughby Hills border and Lake Erie
Bluffs on the Lake Erie shore in Perry Township. Over the
same time span, Lake Metroparks has also added nearly
four miles of new trail and 85 parking spaces, constructed
four new observation decks/viewing areas, expanded
fishing opportunities on nine acres of lake, 11,500 feet of
stream and 1,300 feet of Lake Erie shoreline, and opened
nearly 500 acres to controlled archery deer hunting.
Pete’s Pond Preserve
Pleasant Valley Park
Pete’s Pond Preserve
Now and for future generations