(440) 286-9516This 149-acre park features more than 22 acres of open water and a mature beech-maple forest. Three trails total 2.8 miles. A new Nature-based playground, accessible overlook, and boardwalk-style gathering space were built here in 2025.
This 149-acre park features more than 22 acres of open water and a mature beech-maple forest. Three trails total 2.8 miles. A new Nature-based playground, accessible overlook, and boardwalk-style gathering space were built here in 2025.
Four gorgeous trails travel the landscape around the beautiful lakes of this park.
Lake Trail – 0.7 – asphalt
Beechnut Trail – 0.6 – gravel
Whitetail Trail – 1.5 – gravel
Seventy acres of wooded splendor surround three interconnecting lakes, teeming with life.
Spring Creek, a tributary of the Aurora branch of the Chagrin River, flows along the northwest boundary of the park. Wetlands exist adjacent to this stream and around the lakes. Beaver lodges can be seen in these areas.
Three interconnecting lakes cover more than 22 acres of the park. Upper Bear Lake teems with frogs, turtles, water snakes and other aquatic life, Middle Bear Lake has many dead snags for cavity nesting birds, and Lower Bear Lake is larger and deeper, supporting populations of Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish and Rainbow Trout. Migrating waterfowl flock to all three bodies of water each spring and fall.
Beech-maple forestland covers approximately 70 acres of the park. These woods are carpeted each spring with wildflowers. A successional hardwood forest, a pine stand, shrub thickets and a meadow abundant with wildflowers and grasses offer a variety of habitats to many species of wildlife, including songbirds, deer and a variety of small mammals.
Beartown Lakes Reservation has two reservable shelters.
North Point Shelter can host up to 72 guests and offers nine picnic tables, electrical outlets (out of order in early January 2026; please call to confirm), a grill, a firepit and nearby vault-style restrooms (out of order and substituted by portalets in early January 2026; please call to confirm). 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.
Please note that this location is not plowed during the winter months and cannot be reserved November 1 through April 3.
Minnow Shelter can host up to 75 people and offers 6 picnic tables, electrical outlets, a grill and nearby vault-style restrooms.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Workshop: Blacksmithing Experience | Beartown Lakes Reservation | 05/08/2026 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | $75.00 |
| Art Workshop: Blacksmithing Experience | Beartown Lakes Reservation | 05/08/2026 | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm | $75.00 |
| Art Workshop: Blacksmithing Experience | Beartown Lakes Reservation | 05/08/2026 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | $75.00 |
| Hound Hike | Beartown Lakes Reservation | 05/09/2026 | 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Free |
| Toddler Time: Sensing the Spring (Ages 1-2 w/adult) | Beartown Lakes Reservation | 05/27/2026 | 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Free |
| Toddler Time: Sensing the Spring (Ages 1-2 w/adult) | Beartown Lakes Reservation | 05/27/2026 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Free |
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