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Grand River Lowlands Wetland
Coordinates: 41.5359036, -80.889 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Grand River--Callender Rd. Canoe Access
Coordinates: 41.6348885, -80.8920752 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Grand River--Cork Cold Springs Canoe Access
Coordinates: 41.7308585, -80.8696117 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Grand River--Harpersfield Bridge Canoe Access
Coordinates: 41.7566429, -80.9425208 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Grand River--Jersey Farm Canoe Access
Coordinates: 41.6050772, -80.893808 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Grand River--Johnson Rd. Canoe Access
Coordinates: 41.5760267, -80.8920591 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Grand River--Mechanicsville Bridge Canoe Access
Coordinates: 41.754628, -80.8984749 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Grand River--Schweitzer Rd. Canoe Access
Coordinates: 41.7099536, -80.869853 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Harpersfield Covered Bridge Metropark
Coordinates: 41.7564749, -80.9463295 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Morgan Swamp Preserve--Conservation Campus
Coordinates: 41.6369613, -80.8917546 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Morgan Swamp Preserve--Long Pond Trail
Coordinates: 41.6577156, -80.8980846 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tote Rd. Park
Coordinates: 41.754466, -80.8743739 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Grand River--Parkman Gorge Canoe Access
Coordinates: 41.3528614, -81.0388269 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Blair Rd. Park
Coordinates: 41.7277118, -81.1383194 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Grand River Landing
Coordinates: 41.740522, -81.2635222 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Helen Hazen Wyman Park
Coordinates: 41.705288, -81.2302387 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Indian Point Park--Lower Lot Entrance
Coordinates: 41.7199007, -81.1752451 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Indian Point Park--Upper Lot Entrance
Coordinates: 41.7197856, -81.1650355 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data Indian Point Park webpage

Masons Landing Park
Coordinates: 41.7259422, -81.1854994 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

River Rd. Park
Coordinates: 41.745381, -81.0722244 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Riverview Park
Coordinates: 41.7404178, -81.0412717 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data 4895 Bailey Road Madison Township, Ohio 44057 Riverview Park webpage Riverview Park trail map

Beaty Landing
Coordinates: 41.7201046, -81.2299061 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data 477 East Walnut Street (OH-84) Painesville, Ohio 44077 Beaty Landing webpage Beaty Landing trail map

Hidden Valley Metropark
Coordinates: 41.7414745, -81.0492325 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data South Entrance: 4872 Klasen Road North Entrance: 6500 River Road Cabin: 4837 Palisades Drive Madison Township, Ohio 44057 Hidden Valley Park webpage

Hogback Ridge Metropark
Coordinates: 41.7445558, -81.0308714 eBird links: Hotspot Map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data Main Entrance (South): 4700 Emerson Road Madison Township, Ohio 44057 Hogback Ridge Metropark webpage Hogback Ridge Metropark trail map

About the Grand River
On January 17, 1974, the Grand River became Ohio's second wild and scenic river.

The "wild" designation applies to the section from Harpersfield covered bridge downstream to the Norfolk and Western Railroad trestle south of Painesville (23 miles). The "scenic" designation runs from the US 322 bridge in Ashtabula County downstream to Harpersfield covered bridge (33 miles).

The Grand Wild and Scenic River represents one of the finest examples of a natural stream to be found anywhere in Ohio. Due to its rugged topography, the Grand River has not until recently felt the influences of urbanization.

During the Pleistocene or Ice Age, the Wisconsinan glacier spread over Ohio in lobes, one of which is known as the Grand River lobe. This lobe ground and scraped its way south across northeastern Ohio, but was halted by the steep, erosion-resistant sandstone hills found to the south.

As the glacier advanced, it eroded the soft shale of the region and deposited sands and gravels. The glacier altered the topography and forced changes in the drainage patterns.

Today, the Grand River follows an odd course that was influenced by the glacier. The headwaters of the river can be found in Portage and Geauga counties. From there, the river flows north through Trumbull County and into Ashtabula County. In the northern part of the county, the river begins flowing westward into Lake County.

The upper portion of the Grand River in Ashtabula County is designated scenic. The river is bordered in many areas by extensive swamp forests of elm, ash, maple, pine, pin oak and swamp white oak.

The slow flow of this section of the river along with the adjoining wetlands provides excellent habitat for a number of wildlife species, especially river otters, which have made a strong comeback after their reintroduction by the Division of Wildlife in 1986 and 1988.

The lower section of the Grand River in Lake County is designated wild. Here, the river is characterized by steeply-incised valley walls of Chagrin Shale. A view of the river in this area is truly spectacular especially following spring and summer showers when waterfalls cascade over the steep shale bluffs.

Insuring the natural heritage of the Grand River is not limited to protecting the immediate streamside environment. Land use activities within the watershed, such as urban and residential development, may have a direct and adverse effect on the long-term protection and preservation of this important Ohio water resource.

Without local support and cooperation from the development community, it will become increasingly difficult to protect rivers of the beauty and magnitude of the Grand State Wild and Scenic River. The Grand River has the most aquatic diversity of any Ohio Lake Erie tributary.

The Grand River has an active partnership group working with the state scenic rivers program and other agencies to assist with the river's preservation. From Grand River website

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