178. FREE NATURALIST PROGRAMS AT CLEVELAND LAKEFRONT & HEADLANDS BEACH

FRIDAY FAMILY FUN NIGHTS
FISHING
CANOEING
STARGAZING
SCAVENDER HUNTS
LUAU PARTY
SNORKELING
SANDCASTLE BUILDING

AND LOTS MORE!

CHECK IT OUT  TONS of EVENTS!

Location:
8701 LAKESHORE BLVD.
CLEVELAND, OH 44108

158. Brunswick Youth Fishing Derby

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May 14, 2011 Brunswick Youth Fishing Derby - North Park (Brunswick City Parks) - 8 a.m.  Check In - Derby from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.  Young fishermen 15 years of age or younger are invited to participate in the Brunswick Youth Fishing Derby.  Girls and boys alike can enjoy catching fish and winning prizes. Register by May 6. Call Brunswick Rec Center at 330-273-8000 to register.  Please bring your own poles. A limited number of poles will be available to borrow, and a limited amount of bait will be supplied.  Prizes will be awarded after the program. Free. More INFO! Location: 3595 Grafton Road Brunswick, Ohio 44212

58. North Coast Harbor Boating and Fishing Fest

June 5-6, 2010. The annual event is awash in free family fun, including hands-on fishing activities for children, boat rides and maritime exhibits. Free fishing trips for children from the 60-foot charter boat Holiday (equipment provided).  A 20-person dragon boat canoe and a land-based boat simulator are new this year.
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday
11-5 Sunday

More INFO HERE!

Location:
Voinovich Bicentennial Park
800 E. Ninth St.
Cleveland, Ohio 44114

43. Annual Children's Spring Fishing Derbies

Get out and enjoy this FREE event!  While learning fishing basics, young anglers can enjoy a day of free fishing fun, competing for prizes and learning some fishing basics. Live bait will be provided and a limited number of rods and reels will be available.   Participants should bring tackle and a cooler to store their "catch of the day!"  Each location will be stocked with rainbow trout and channel catfish for the derbies.  Be sure to register at the Registration Tent the day-of the fishing derby. 


Saturday, May 15
Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation -  Cuyahoga Heights
Park at CanalWay Center parking lot, located the off E. 49 th Street entrance of Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation in Cuyahoga Hts.   Follow the trail from the Center to the Canal. 

Sunday, May 16
Wallace Lake Mill Stream Run Reservation -  Berea
Follow the signs off Valley Parkway in Mill Stream Run Reservation, south of Bagley Road in Berea.

Fishing Sessions:
Ages: 4-8 • 9 a.m. to noon
Ages: 9-15 • 1 to 4 p.m.

Get all the INFO HERE!

Image Provided By:  Cleveland Metroparks

34. Huntington Beach

This is my all time favorite area beach, and with the weather looking BEAUTIFUL for tomorrow, why not make Friday night dinner into a picnic, followed by some yum ice cream!  Located in Bay Village, just west of Cleveland, this is one of the Cleveland Metropark's oldest reservations. The popular beach sits below a bluff with a great expanse of lawn, picnic facilities, and Honey Hut Ice Cream! Fishing is available from the Lake Erie breakwall. The park is open daily from 11am to 9pm.

Just in time for swimming season, one of the only beaches in the area to have this technology, Nowcast and Water Quality Advisories! 

Location:
Huntington Park
Bay Village, Ohio 44140


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Idea Provided By:  Diane Miller

27. Hinckley Reservation

One of my ALL time favorite places to go in the area -  Hinckley Reservation and Whipps Ledges.
(Full disclosure I may have had my first date with my husband here...oh so long ago!)

Wonderful year round, but perfect in the summer this park offers swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, baseball fields, picnicking, a walking trail and a general good time for all. Take the kids for an after dinner stroll around the lake.  Or spend a weekend afternoon boating around the lake or taking a swim, searching for tadpoles in the river and pack a hearty picnic!

During the summer months there is a refreshment area right next to the spillway swimming area.  And across the street there is Buzzards Cove, a mini-golf and driving range that has ice cream!


See the Metroparks Site HERE!

Location:
Where Hinckley Hills Road (606) Meets Bellus Road (140)
South of Rt 303
Hinckley, Ohio 44233‎


Image Provided By: Jenny Austin