Edgewater Park

Just west of downtown, Edgewater Park has it’s own exit off the Shoreway. With good reason: there’s walking paths, a beach, a pier, a concession stand, and a stone wall to walk along the water. For the adventurous, there’s even a “path” of boulders along the stone wall that offers a more challenging route. (Careful, just because one of your dogs acts like a billy goat, that doesn’t mean your puppy won’t stumble and fall into a crevice between rocks -- you don’t want to find out how hard it is to get him out, especially when you’re laughing about how silly he looks trying to claw his way up. Believe me.) One of the defining characteristics of Edgewater Park is the fishermen...they’re always there, waiting to see what Lake Erie’s willing to give up, along the stone wall or on the pier. The pier also has benches that offer a place to relax and look at Edgewater Park’s other defining characteristic: the Cleveland skyline.

by: Cathleen Dalton