(440) 286-9516This 187-acre park, part of which is leased from the Geauga County Commissioners, is bisected by deep ravines of two streams that flow into Big Creek. Three trails total 1.1 miles.
This 187-acre park, part of which is leased from the Geauga County Commissioners, is bisected by deep ravines of two streams that flow into Big Creek. Three trails total 1.1 miles.
Not many people are familiar with these trails, but a Whitlam Woods hike is well worth your while.
Overlook Trail – 0.1 – primitive
Bridge Trail – 0.2 – primitive
Sugarbush Trail – 0.8 – primitive
Year-round greenery is surrounded by mature beech-maple forest enveloping most of the park.
Hemlock trees provide year-round greenery in ravines surrounded by a mature beech-maple forest, which cloaks most of the park. Lush growths of spring wildflowers carpet the woods, and a variety of birds and animals can be found each season. Along the woodland margins, dense thickets and grapevine tangles provide cover to a variety of wildlife, including Ruffed Grouse, deer, turkey and fox. An old field is now covered with a second-growth red maple woods, and soft mosses and club mosses cover the ground.
In the shrubby meadow at the front of the park, Eastern Towhees, Indigo Buntings and Goldfinches nest, and American Woodcocks return each spring to perform their aerial courtship flights.
Whitlam Woods is a special place to connect with Nature but has no reservable facilities.
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