BLACK RIVER - EAST BRANCH

 Roadside Parking Parking Lot Pulloff Canoe Rentals Canoe Ramp Only Trailer/Cartop Ramp Restrooms Camping Picnic Area Water Food County
S.R. 162 and Spencer Mills Road east of Spencer, roadside access river left X                   Medina
Foster Road and Short Road northeast of Penfield, roadside access river right X                   Lorain
S.R. 303 bridge east of LaGrange, roadside access river right X                   Lorain
Parson Road in Grafton, roadside access river right X                   Lorain
DAM--in residential area where Chestnut Ridge Road meets East River Road in Elyria, portage river right (no permission necessary)                     Lorain
Fuller Road bridge and East River Road in Elyria, roadside access river right, MANDATORY TAKEOUT! NO PORTAGE AT DAM OR BEFORE FALLS X                   Lorain
DAM--above East Bridge Street bridge in Elyria, NO PORTAGE                     Lorain
FALLS--downstream of Washington Street bridge in Elyria, NO PORTAGE                     Lorain

BLACK RIVER - MAIN BRANCH

See Vermilion-Lorain Water Trail

 Roadside Parking Parking Lot Pulloff Canoe Rentals Canoe Ramp Only Trailer/Cartop Ramp Restrooms Camping Picnic Area Water Food County
FALLS--with a small stairstep above it at Cascade/Elywood Park in Elyria, access below the dam river right or left                     Lorain
Elywood Park off Washington Street in Elyria, park access river right   X       X   X X   Lorain
Cascade Park off Floradale Street in Elyria, park access river left   X       X   X X   Lorain
DAM--broken dam about 1 1/2 miles below Cascade Elywood Park in Elyria by the Spring Valley Golf Club, portage river left                     Lorain
Black River Reservation Park off Ford Road southwest of Sheffield, park access river right   X       X   X X   Lorain
Lakeside Launch and Mooring Public Access off Lakeside Street in Lorain on Lake Erie just east and river right of the mouth of the Black River   X                 Lorain

BLACK RIVER - WEST BRANCH

 Roadside Parking Parking Lot Pulloff Canoe Rentals Canoe Ramp Only Trailer/Cartop Ramp Restrooms Camping Picnic Area Water Food County
Hughes Road bridge southeast of Oberlin, roadside access river right X                   Lorain
S.R. 10 bridge southwest of Elyria, roadside access river right X                   Lorain
DAM--above the S.R. 20 bridge south of Elyria, portage river right                     Lorain
DAM--at trailer court at Oberlin Road in Elyria below the railroad tracks, portage river left (dangerous portage)                     Lorain
FALLS--under Lake Street bridge in Elyria, NO PORTAGE, MANDATORY TAKEOUT BY THIRD STREET OR CHESTNUT STREET IN ELYRIA                     Lorain