Cleveland's Metroparks system spans more than 23,000 acres throughout the city's greater urban region, commonly referred to as the "Emerald Necklace" for its network of connecting park reservations that encircle the city's town center. The park district's reservations offer a wide variety of visitor amenities, including nature preserves, fishing rivers and lakes, and visitor amenities such as golf courses, restaurants, and nature center museums.
Acacia Reservation
Acacia Reservation is a lovely 155-acre passive park and green space in the Cleveland suburb of Lyndhurst, connected to the nearby Euclid Creek Reservation by the western branch of Euclid Creek. The park is home to a 1.7-mile paved loop trail which is open to walkers and cyclists, along with a wide variety of green spaces for relaxation and play.
Bedford Reservation
Bedford Reservation protects a lovely National Natural Landmark gorge carved by Tinker's Creek, the largest tributary waterway of the Cuyahoga River.
Big Creek Reservation
Big Creek Reservation is delightful reservation located within the Cleveland suburbs of Middleburg Heights, Parma, Parma Heights, Brooklyn, and Strongsville, traversed by the Big Creek Parkway, which serves as an alternative to many of Cleveland's standard commuter routes.
Bradley Woods Reservation
Bradley Woods Reservation preserves Cleveland Metroparks' only swamp forest area, located within the suburb of Westlake along 795 acres.
Brecksville Reservation
Brecksville Reservation is Ohio's largest public park facility, stretching 3,026 acres throughout the flat floodplain region of the beautiful Chippewa Creek.
Brookside Reservation
Brookside Reservation is one of the newest additions to the Cleveland Metroparks system, acquired by the city in 1993, though its history dates back to its purchase in 1894 for the development of a neighborhood park and recreation center.
Euclid Creek Reservation
Euclid Creek Reservation is best known as the former site of the famed Euclid Beach Amusement Park, which operated between 1895 and 1969 and was modeled after New York City's Coney Island.
Garfield Park Reservation
Garfield Park Reservation is a charming public reservation in Cleveland's Garfield Heights neighborhood, originally opened in 1895 as Newburg Park after the city's purchase of three farmsteads near the city's southern limits.
Hinckley Reservation
Hinckley Reservation is a lovely Cleveland Metroparks reservation in Medina County, anchored around the 90-acre lake of the same name.
Huntington Reservation
Huntington Reservation is a delightful 103-acre park along Lake Erie, originally acquired by the Cleveland Metroparks system in 1925.
Lakefront Reservation
Lakefront Reservation is Cleveland's premiere downtown waterfront park, offering a wide variety of amenities and facilities letting visitors take advantage of the city's beautiful downtown skyline.
Mill Stream Run Reservation
Mill Stream Run Reservation is a lovely public reservation that spans throughout the Cleveland suburbs of Berea, North Royalton, Strongsville, and Middleburg Heights, preserving an area that has been inhabited by humans for at least 8,000 years.
North Chagrin Reservation
North Chagrin Reservation is a family-friendly reservation area that has been a popular outdoor recreation area in the Cleveland region since the 1920s.
Ohio Erie Canal Reservation
Ohio Erie Canal Reservation follows along a portion of the historic Ohio and Erie Canal, which stretches 309 miles and was constructed in the 1820s to connect the cities of Akron, Cleveland, and Portsmouth with each other and with canal systems in Pennsylvania.
Rocky River Reservation
Rocky River Reservation stretches along the banks of the river of the same name, located within the Cleveland metro area and the suburbs of Brook Park, Fairview Park, Lakewood, Berea, North Olmsted, and Olmsted Township.
South Chagrin Reservation
South Chagrin Reservation is an expansive reservation in Cleveland's Moreland Hills, Bentleyville, and Solon suburbs, located along the banks of the Chagrin River, a designated National Scenic River.
Washington Reservation
Washington Reservation is a 59-acre reservation in Cleveland's Newburgh Heights area, owned and overseen by Cleveland Metroparks.
West Creek Reservation
West Creek Reservation is a sprawling 326-acre reservation within the Cleveland suburbs of Parma and Seven Hills, offering lovely forested ravine and gorge terrain and grassy open spaces for recreation and relaxation.
Gordon Park
Gordon Park is located within Cleveland's East Side district on 122 acres adjacent to Lake Erie, overseen as part of the Cleveland Public Parks District.
The Cleveland Mall
The Cleveland Mall is a long and expansive public park in Cleveland's downtown district, originally conceived by city planners Daniel Burnham, Arnold Brunner, and John Carrère as part of the city's 1903 Group Plan.
Rockefeller Park
Rockefeller Park is a Cleveland city park named in honor of famed oil entrepreneur John D. Rockefeller, Sr., maintained as part of the Cleveland Public Parks District.
Public Square
Public Square is downtown Cleveland's central plaza area, occupying two blocks throughout the city's downtown region.
Willard Park
Willard Park is a charming public park facility in downtown Cleveland, located adjacent to the Cleveland City Hall along the northwestern corner of Lakeside Avenue and East 9th Street.
