The Maple Highlands Trail is a 12.4-mile long linear park that utilizes sections of the abandoned Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad corridor. The trail currently extends from Colburn Road at the Lake-Geauga border to Headwaters Park in Claridon & Huntsburg townships.
When completed, The Maple Highlands Trail will extend a total of 20 miles, allowing users to travel from Colburn Road all the way to Reeves Road in Parkman Township.
Download the trail map here.
The Maple Highlands Trail – North
This section of the trail was completed in summer 2003. It travels parallel to Route 44 and extends south 4.2 miles from Colburn Road to the Chardon city limits. A segment of the trail branches east, where a 20-car parking lot is located at 9280 Ravenna Road, Chardon Township. More than half of the cost of the parking lot, which has two handicap-accessible parking spaces, was paid for by the Ohio Department of Transportation.
The Maple Highlands Trail – Mountain Run Station
12601 Chardon Windsor Road, Hambden Township
This section was completed in 2007. It travels travel east and south from South Street in Chardon to Headwaters Park, traversing 8.2 miles through woodlands, along wetlands and farm fields. There is parking, a picnic area and restrooms available at Mountain Run Station.
The Maple Highlands Trail – South
This roughly 7-mile section will take travelers from Headwaters Park in Claridon Township to
Reeves Road in Parkman Township. Geauga Park District and officials from the Village of Middlefield are working cooperatively to provide this leg of the trail,
which accommodates bicyclers, rollerbladers,
pedestrians and Amish buggy traffic.
Download the trail map here.
