Park improvement project at Chagrin River Park

Parking lot at Reeves Road entrance to be paved.

The parking lot located at the Reeves Road entrance to Chagrin River Park will be paved beginning this week. Work will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, May 7, and is scheduled to be completed Tuesday, May 14. There will be limited to no access to the park through the Reeves Road entrance throughout this project.  Dates this entrance is scheduled to be closed are Thursday, May 9, Friday, May 10, and Tuesday, May 14.

Chagrin River Park will remain open for visitation. Visitors may park and enter Chagrin River Park at one of the two other entrances.  These are located at 1000 Rural Drive (Eastlake) and 37699 Erie Road (Willoughby).  Each entrance offers trails that reach all destinations in the park including the picnic areas, shelter and playground located off the Reeves Road entrance. A picnic shelter and picnic areas are also available at the Rural Drive entrance.

Rural Drive entrance: Take Rt. 2 to Lost Nation Road and go north. Turn left onto Reeves Road; pass the Reeves Road entrance and follow to Rural Drive. Turn left and the entrance is located at the end of Rural Drive.

Erie Road entrance (From the east): Take Route 2 to the Lost Nation Road exit and go south to St. Clair Street (directly across from the east-bound Route 2/Lost Nation exit ramp). Follow the St. Clair Street detour south on Lost Nation Road to Erie Road. Turn right onto Erie Road. Chagrin River Park is located beyond the St. Clair Street intersection on the right.

Erie Road entrance (From the west): Take Route 2 to the Lost Nation Road exit. Follow the St. Clair Street detour south on Lost Nation Road to Erie Road. Turn right onto Erie Road. Chagrin River Park is located beyond the St. Clair Street intersection on the right.

For more information or to check access updates, visit lakemetroparks.com or call 440-639-7275.