Chapin Forest Reservation

Great Trails and great views

I went to Chapin Forest Reservation on Friday October 31st and Monday November 2nd with the goal of hiking all the trails. It had been many years since I had been here, and I forgot how unique the va...

Has one of the most spectacular views in Northeast Ohio

Nice long series of different type trails. Some easy and others challenging. Signage is not very good in areas of the trails, so you need to walk this place a few times in order to learn the paths. ...

Another one of my favorite Lake Metroparks

If you want to walk at least five miles in a park, and not repeat repeat large sections of trail, this is a great park for you! Cross country skiers and snowshoers will also love the winter trails (a...

On a clear day.... you can see downtown Cleveland (or at night, 4th of July fireworks)!

Chapin Forest Reservation offers a lot.... in all seasons. There is ski and snowshoe rental in the winter, wildflowers in the spring, a grand viewing spot for 4th of July fireworks (just climb up to ...

Woods, Trails, Quarries

Chapin Forest is a surprisingly large park of something like 400 acres. If you look at a map, it's more or less in a figure 8 shape so it's like two 200-acre parks next to each other. The main route i...