This 412-acre park, situated in the countryside among Amish farms, features Geauga Park District’s sugarbush and offers access to the south section of The Maple Highlands Trail. Ten trails total 6 miles. Recreation areas include a playground, activity field backstop, sand volleyball court and horseshoe pits, as well as tetherball during warm-weather months.
Walk a working sugarbush and deep into the woods on a variety of beloved trails.
Meadowlark Trail – 0.4 – grass
Gray Fox Trail – 1.2 – gravel
Killdeer Lake Trail – 0.2 – asphalt
Siltstone Trail – 0.6 – primitive
Wagon Trail – 0.8 – gravel
Valley Trail – 0.7 – gravel
Valley Link Trail – 0.2 – gravel
Bear Corn Trail – 0.6 – primitive
Walnut Trail – 0.2 – primitive
Razorback Trail – 1.1 – primitive
The Maple Highlands Trail – 21.1 – asphalt
This park is dense with forest cover that opens up into lush meadow.
These meadows are full of life. Abundant summer wildflowers, such as asters and goldenrods, attract butterflies and many other insects. Low, dense plant growth provides cover for a variety of small mammals and nesting birds, including meadowlarks and bobolinks.
Forests cover much of the park with many kinds of trees. Small streams divide the woods into upland and lowland, where a rich variety of wild plants and animals can be enjoyed year-round. Thirty-two acres of the park are managed as an operating sugar bush.
Along Swine Creek, walnut, sycamore and cottonwood trees shade lush growths of wildflowers. Teeming with aquatic life, the creek invites stream-side exploration. Great blue heron and kingfishers are often seen, and songbirds of many kinds migrate through or nest in this valley.
Swine Creek Reservation has one reservable lodge and three reservable shelters.
Woods Edge Shelter can host up to 150 people and offers 10 picnic tables, electrical outlets, a grill, and nearby vault-style restrooms. The playground is always open to the general public.
Guests must bring their own water for drinking and clean-up. Alcohol is only permitted in the shelter, not in the adjacent support facilities such as restrooms, activity areas, trails, parking lots or roads.
To protect the beauty of the parks, Geauga Park District encourages you to “Pack It In, Pack It Out.” Decorations are nice, but please no nails, glitter or confetti, and be sure to remove all traces of your decorations at the end of your visit.
Guests are responsible for their own shelter clean-up at the end of each reservation/event.
Lake Side Shelter can host up to 150 people and offers 11 picnic tables, electrical outlets, grills, and nearby vault-style restrooms. The playground is always open to the general public.
Guests must bring their own water for drinking and clean-up. Alcohol is only permitted in the shelter, not in the adjacent support facilities such as restrooms, activity areas, trails, parking lots or roads.
To protect the beauty of the parks, Geauga Park District encourages you to “Pack It In, Pack It Out.” Decorations are nice, but please no nails, glitter or confetti, and be sure to remove all traces of your decorations at the end of your visit.
Guests are responsible for their own shelter clean-up at the end of each reservation/event.
Valley Shelter can host up to 150 people and offers 8 picnic tables, a grill, and nearby vault-style restrooms. This location has no electricity or playground.
Guests must bring their own water for drinking and clean-up. Alcohol is only permitted in the shelter, not in the adjacent support facilities such as restrooms, activity areas, trails, parking lots or roads.
To protect the beauty of the parks, Geauga Park District encourages you to “Pack It In, Pack It Out.” Decorations are nice, but please no nails, glitter or confetti, and be sure to remove all traces of your decorations at the end of your visit.
Guests are responsible for their own shelter clean-up at the end of each reservation/event.
| Event | Location | Date | Time | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Journaling for Families: Pondlife | Swine Creek Reservation | 04/28/2026 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Free |
| Mother's Day Wildflower Walk | Swine Creek Reservation | 05/10/2026 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Free |
| Sunrise Hike | Swine Creek Reservation | 05/13/2026 | 7:00 am - 8:00 am | Free |
| Annual Spring Bird Walk Series | Swine Creek Reservation | 05/17/2026 | 7:30 am - 9:30 am | Free |
| Junior Naturalist Day Camp (Youth entering grades 5-7) | Swine Creek Reservation | 06/01/2026 | 9:00 am - 3:00 pm | $150.00 |
| Junior Naturalist Day Camp (Youth entering grades 5-7) | Swine Creek Reservation | 07/13/2026 | 9:00 am - 3:00 pm | $150.00 |
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