Cleveland Metroparks closures and restrictions across the Park District are subject to change and updates will be made as quickly as possible.
Bradley Woods
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The Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) will be collaborating with the Cleveland Metroparks, cities of North Olmsted, Westlake, and Lorain County Public Health (LCPH) to conduct a spring mosquito control treatment at the Bradley Woods Reservation. This treatment, along with personal precautions by area residents, has been effective in reducing the threat of mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile Virus (WNV) and LaCrosse Encephalitis (LAC). For the last 15 years, CCBH and LCPH have worked together to conduct a ground treatment every other year during the month of April by utilizing staff with backpack sprayers to apply a granular mosquito larvicide, which prevents mosquito larvae from growing into adult mosquitoes.
In 2024, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or drone, will be utilized for the treatment. Technology has advanced greatly over the last few years, making the use of a drone a more thorough and effective method of applying granular mosquito control products. The same mosquito control product (Altosid formulation), which has previously been used in backpack sprayers and by helicopter will be applied. The mosquito control will be conducted by a contractor with experience with this type of treatment. Weather permitting, a drone will be in operation flying above the treetops conducting the treatment for two to three days in March/April. The park will be closed during the treatment and will reopen when completed.
Please check www.ccbh.net for more information or contact Joe Lynch, Program Manager at CCBH by phone at (216)201-2000 ext.1241 or by email at jlynch@ccbh.net.
Brecksville Reservation
- Valley Parkway from Meadows Drive to Chippewa Creek Drive will be closed periodically from 11pm to 6am from the end of February through April for Amphibian Migration. Please use the following detour available: Go to RT 21, and turn onto 82. Technically park is closed during this time, but we are asking police to close roads in the event the migration occurs.
- Meadows Drive between Valley Parkway and the Gazebo closed for winter. Will open in Spring based on weather.
Euclid Creek Reservation
Garfield Park Reservation
Hinckley Reservation
- Beginning October 24, 2023 – Hinckley Lake trail between the spillway and West Drive connector trail closed for Hinckley Lake Dam project. Learn more about the project.
- Detour directions: The APT (paved trail) will remain open throughout the duration of the project.
- Beginning June 16, 2023 – HAD Drilling Contractors will be conducting gas well plugging activity in various areas throughout Hinckley Reservation. No closures are expected at this time.
Rocky River Reservation
- Saturday, March 23, 2024 - from 7am-10am - Valley Parkway will be closed at the Marina Entrance, Rockcliff, Hogsback, and Old Lorain for the Hermes Half a Half Marathon. The All Purpose Trail will also be closed. Detour: use Detroit Road entrance to Valley Parkway to access the Marina.
- Beginning February 16, 2024: Fowles Marsh Boardwalk/Bridge between Polaris and Southwest General on Lake to Lake APT closed for Boardwalk repairs.
- Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works Bridge Closure – Cedar Point Road – West of Valley Parkway – Through 2024..
South Chagrin Reservation
- The parkway is closed between Aurora and Cannon Roads to vehicular traffic for the Hawthorn Bridge project. Currently the All Purpose Trail is open. Learn more about the project.