A view of the South Chagrin Reservation
Type	public park district
Location	Greater Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Size	22,000 acres
Opened	1917
Operated by	Cleveland Metroparks Board of Park Commissioners
Status	open all year

The Cleveland Metroparks, one of several Ohio Metroparks, are a system of nature preserves in Greater Cleveland that encircle the city of Cleveland. These generally follow the rivers that flow through the region to Lake Erie. Referred to affectionately as the "Emerald Necklace",^[1] the network of 16 reservations across 22,000 acres (89 km²) includes hundreds of miles of walking, bicycle, and horse trails, parks, picnic areas, five nature education centers, six golf courses, and abundant fishing holes. In addition, the park district manages the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland. Several of the parks are adjacent to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

While the majority of the parks are in suburban Cuyahoga County, the Brookside Reservation and portions of two others are in the city of Cleveland. Two of the parks lie outside Cuyahoga County. A portion of the North Chagrin Reservation is in Lake County, and the Hinckley Reservation is in Hinckley Township in Medina County.

[edit] Reservations

Chippewa Creek in the Brecksville Reservation.

Whipps Ledges at Hinckley Reservation

The district's sixteen reservations are:

• Bedford
• Big Creek
• Bradley Woods
• Brecksville
• Brookside
• Euclid Creek
• Garfield Park
• Hinckley
• Huntington
• Mill Stream Run
• North Chagrin
• Ohio & Erie Canal
• Rocky River
• South Chagrin
• Washington
• West Creek

The Metroparks are called the "Emerald Necklace" because they form a nearly complete ring around the Cleveland communities. Beginning in the west on Lake Eire, they are:

• Rocky River
• Mill Stream Run
• Brecksville
• Bedford
• South Chagrin

A disconnected completion of the ring is North Chagrin to the north of South Chagrin.

Forming a pendant south of the ring is the Hinkley Reservation. From Mill Stream Run Reservation on the southwest side, Big Creek, Brookside, and the Metroparks Zoo created a green pathway toward downtown. The other reservations form green patches surrounding the "necklace".^[2]

[edit] Golf courses

There are seven golf courses in the Cleveland Metroparks System. They are:

• Big Met Golf Course in the Rocky River Reservation in Fairview Park
• Little Met Golf Course in the Rocky River Reservation in Cleveland
• Manakiki Golf Course in the North Chagrin Reservation in Willoughby Hills
• Mastick Woods Golf Course in the Rocky River Reservation in Cleveland
• Shawnee Hills Golf Course in the Bedford Reservation in Bedford
• Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in the Brecksville Reservation in Brecksville
• Washington Golf Learning Center in the Washington Reservation in Newburgh Heights

[edit] See also

• Squire's Castle (North Chagrin Reservation, Willoughby Hills)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cleveland Metroparks

• Cleveland Metroparks Website
• Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Website
• Cleveland Metroparks Golf Courses
• Map of the Cleveland Metroparks System

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