(440) 286-9516In October 2018, Geauga Park District approved the 15-year lease of 317 acres from Russell Township Park District that included the 122.9 acres within Russell Uplands Preserve. Three trails total 2 miles.
In October 2018, Geauga Park District approved the 15-year lease of 317 acres from Russell Township Park District that included the 122.9 acres within Russell Uplands Preserve. Three trails total 2 miles.
All three trails in this park, established by Russell Township, are great for hiking year-round and cross country skiing in the winter.
Lake Trace – 0.9 – primitive
Diagonal Trace – 0.4 – primitive
Hickory Trace – 0.7 – primitive
Enjoy a mostly wooded walk here featuring high quality headwater streams and riparian wetlands.
This property lies between the upper main branch and the main branch of the Chagrin River, is mostly wooded, and is predominantly deciduous, although there are groves of pines and spruce in the northern portion along Route 87. The property is a diverse mix of floodplain-terraced wetlands, mature upland forest and numerous streams. Dominant trees in the floodplain-terraced wetlands are sycamore, black walnut, red ash and elm. The stream floodplain areas also contain a wide variety of shrubs, sedges, grasses and wildflowers. The upland forest is primarily mature beech, maple and red oak, including many large red oaks three to four feet in diameter at breast height.
Russell Uplands Preserve contains 16,000 linear feet of high quality headwater streams and approximately two acres of Ohio EPA Category 3 (high quality) riparian wetlands. At least ten intermittent streams flow through the ravines near Russell Road and continue generally west across the property to the upper main branch of the Chagrin River. The northernmost creeks flow into Griswold Creek, a tributary of the main branch of the Chagrin River, and the two southernmost creeks flow directly into the main branch of the Chagrin River, a state scenic river. The property also contains a one-acre pond and an adjacent open meadow.
Russell Uplands Preserve has no reservable facilities, but throughout the warmer-weather months, a door remains open on a first-come-first-served garage containing two picnic tables.
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