Cleveland Metroparks

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A view of the South Chagrin Reservation
Type	public park district
Location	Greater Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Size	21,000 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", the network of 16 reservations across 21,000 acres (85 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.

1 Reservations
2 Golf courses
3 See also
4 External links

[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

[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