Bedford Reservation Cleveland Metropark Hiking Trail Pictures Movie

Bedford Reservation is within the Cleveland Metroparks domain in Ohio. Bedford Reservation is located in Bedford, Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Valley View and Walton Hills. Bedford Reservation gives the appearance of a continuous forest of large trees and challenging terrain. Bedford Reservation apparently discouraged early logging operations.

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This Cleveland metropark offers trails and picnic areas, and includes Shawnee Hills Golf Course as one of its attractions. Flowing through the park is Tinkers Creek, named for a member of Moses Cleaveland's surveying party. The stream drops a dramatic 220 feet over a course of two miles and has cut a steep, walled gorge. The gorge, declared a National Natural Landmark, is a unique area with numerous tree, shrub and flower species.

The Tinkers Creek Gorge Scenic Overlook on Gorge Parkway offers a spectacular vista particularly in the fall.

Tinkers Creek is named after Joseph Tinker, the principal boatman for Moses Cleveland's survey crew, who died in a boating accident on a return trip to New England. The steepness and rockiness of the Tinkers Creek's gorge, now part of the Metroparks' Bedford Reservation, made much of the land along the creek bed inaccessible for homes and farming, securing its preservation as a natural area. In 1968, the U.S. Park Service recognized these gorges as part of its Registered National Natural Landmarks.

Cleveland Metroparks:
Gorge Pkwy. (N. of Egbert, S. of Broadway)
Hours: Daily 6 a.m.-11 p.m.
Price: Free
Features: All-purpose trails, Tinkers Creek Gorge Scenic Overlook and Bridal Falls, Shawnee Hills Golf Course, 6 picnic areas
Others: Food nearby, parking, public transportation

This park is in the Cleveland Metroparks domain and is home to a local national landmark, Tinkers Creek Gorge. The gorge, a 140-foot steep-walled formation, offers the hiker quite a sight in the spring as it overflows with ferns, mosses, lichens, liverworts and wildflowers. The all-purpose trails give bikers and hikers varying degrees of difficulty. In 1993, a 20-mile trail of crushed limestone was added to lead hikers along old canal routes. The park is also home to Stumpy Basin, an ecological wetland.

Gorge Parkway Trail:

The Gorge Parkway Trail is a 6.25-mile trail beginning at Alexander Rd. in Walton Hills, and travels along Overlook Lane, Gorge Parkway, and Egbert Lane, to Union Street in Bedford, connecting with South Chagrin Reservation via Hawthorn Parkway.