Location: Cleveland
Top Things to do in Cleveland
Top 10 Nature & Parks in Cleveland, Ohio (OH)
Whether rocking out to music legends inside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or viewing Monets and Picassos at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland is a city that mixes equal parts grit and sophistication. Nosh award-winning food in historic buildings, tip back some craft beers amid a Lake Erie beach party or cheer on a championship team with a hardball of locally distilled spirits. All in Cleveland.
Restaurants in Cleveland
1. Brookside Reservation
2. Edgewater Beach
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
3. Tony Brush Park
4. Cleveland Metroparks
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 643 reviews
Hop on a bicycle, lace up your running shoes or take your time strolling through any part of this scenic 60-mile long string of parks and garden areas.
Reviewed By _peggy324 - Cleveland, United States
Even in winter the nearby metro parks have so many wonderful hikes and cross country skiing opportunities . It’s impossible to choose a favorite
5. Rocky River Reservation
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 304 reviews
Reviewed By dmoore22 - Cleveland, United States
Emerald Necklace Marina concerts on Fridays in the summer, kayak& paddleboard rentals/lessons, three golf courses for every level of player, picnic areas, bike/jogging/walking path, scenic overlooks and much more. Park is well kept up improvements made regularly.
6. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,641 reviews
Don't miss this exciting metropolitan zoo best known for having the largest collection of primates in the United States and for its Rainforest exhibit, which features a thrilling simulated tropical rain storm.
Reviewed By KristiC566
I went to the Cleveland Zoo with my daughter and 1 year old granddaughter. I was so impressed with the beautiful park. So many fun things to do, even with small children. They pulled out all the stops here to make this as interactive as possible for its visitors. The Australia exhibit has a little train that will take you through the dingo, wallaby, and camel areas, you can also walk through these areas as well and the wallaby’s can actually come into the paths where visitors are waking! You can even ride a camel if you want to! We purchased an additional “bracelet” for $10/pp that gave us unlimited 4d movies, train ride, and carousel rides in addition to discounts on the camel ride and feeding the giraffes. Most of the exhibits are up close and personal, not just waking through glass enclosed partitions like at some zoos. Feeding the giraffes was so cool and although my granddaughter wasn’t too fond of the camel ride, my daughter thoroughly enjoyed it. They have beautifully thought out landscaping and it was just gorgeous throughout. The tree house in the Australia exhibit area was “Disney” worthy and the Asia exhibit areas with the snow leopard looked like something you would find at Disney park as well. They offer zoo overnights - at very reasonable prices. Overall, this is a great family activity for very reasonable entrance fees. Would love to visit here again soon!
7. Cleveland Botanical Garden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 809 reviews
Reviewed By TheRealKhalilah
If you have the time and enjoy botanical gardens, the CBG is a gem. Also visit the culturally themed gardens.
8. Rockefeller Park & Greenhouse
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 87 reviews
Reviewed By LaurelF125 - Cleveland, United States
This is a FABULOUS place -- kept up amazing well, despite a location in some of the worst inner city slums. It's worth putting on your big girl pants, and going to visit anyways. The gardens are amazing and beautiful, the grounds lovely -- exotic cactuses and tropical plants in an old fashioned greenhouse heated with clanking steam heat! When I utterly despair in mid-winter and the days are dark at 4:45PM and you think spring will NEVER COME (a common feeling in Northeast Ohio....)....NOTHING lifts your morale like a trip to the City Greenhouse. WHY OH WHY do they not promote or publicize this amazing treasure more? Most people I know -- lifelong residents! -- have literally no idea it is here (and FREE!) and just a mile down the road from University Circle! In the dead of winter I have pressed my cold aching body against those delicious warm radiators in the tropical room....and sat for hours breathing in the intoxicating oxygen in the cactus room...drying out my miserable Cleveland sinuses. There is just nothing better here in town -- unspoiled, pure, simple, NOT commercialized...NO GIFT SHOP! nothing to buy. No annoying guides. Just enter a paradise of gardens and flowers year round, and feel your spirit rejuvenate. An absolute must for visitors and locals alike!
9. Bedford Reservation
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 57 reviews
Reviewed By 499JohnR - Nashville, United States
We enjoyed the various small hikes to some of the waterfalls throughout Bedford Reservation. We visited right after some strong rain so that helped keep the crowds down. Beautiful walks through the area - great for our young kids. We took a couple of hours to enjoy the sights. Great place to visit when in the area visiting Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
10. Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 19 reviews
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