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ROCKY RIVER - EAST BRANCH

Roadside Parking Parking Lot Pulloff Canoe Rentals Canoe Ramp Only Trailer/Cartop Ramp Restrooms Camping Picnic Area Water Food County
West 130th Street bridge in Strongsville (parking access is at 130th Street and Metroparks Valley Parkway), access river right   X                 Cuyahoga
WALL--Partial wall in the river which can act as a dam at high water or strainer, paddle river left at the 130th Street bridge in Strongsville                     Cuyahoga
Royalview Picnic Area off Metroparks Valley Parkway east of Strongsville, access river right and left   X       X   X X   Cuyahoga
Strongsville Wildlife Area upstream of Handle Road in Strongsville off Metroparks Valley Parkway, access river right X                   Cuyahoga
Albion Woods Bonnie Park at Albion Road bridge and Metroparks Valley Parkway in Strongsville, access river right   X       X   X X   Cuyahoga
Whitney Road covered bridge off Metroparks Valley Parkway just north and under the I-80 bridge north of Strongsville, access river right X                   Cuyahoga
FORD--at Park Drive in Berea on Rocky River Reservation, protage river left or right                     Cuyahoga
Park Boulevard Ford access in Berea upstream of Baldwin Lake, access river left   X                 Cuyahoga
Wallace and Baldwin Lakes access in Berea, access river left   X       X   X X   Cuyahoga
MANDATORY TAKEOUT BEFORE FALLS BECAUSE OF LACK OF PORTAGE ACCESS AROUND GORGE AND ONE DAM; GORGE SHOULD NOT BE RUN                     Cuyahoga
DAM AND FALLS--at Baldwin Lake above the Front Street bridge in Berea, portage river left or right                     Cuyahoga
DAM--downstream of the falls at Baldwin Lake in Berea about 1/4 mile, portage river left                     Cuyahoga
JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM BADLEY ROAD BRIDGE WHICH IS THE LAST MANDATORY TAKEOUT IN EMERGENCIES, THE GORGE AND FALLS START--ABSOLUTELY NO PORTAGE                     Cuyahoga
FORD--Metropolitan Park Drive ford downstream of the gorge in Berea, portage river left or right                     Cuyahoga
FORD--Metropolitan Park Drive ford upstream of Spafford Road east of North Olmstead, portage river left or right                     Cuyahoga
DAM--with two stairsteps on it downstream of Spafford Road east of North Olmstead, Bad portage, must portage further upstream river left                     Cuyahoga
FORD--at mouth of the east branch off Cedar Point Road on Metropolitan Park Drive, portage river left or right                     Cuyahoga

ROCKY RIVER - MAIN BRANCH

Roadside Parking Parking Lot Pulloff Canoe Rentals Canoe Ramp Only Trailer/Cartop Ramp Restrooms Camping Picnic Area Water Food County
Cedar Point Picnic Area off Cedar Point Road west of Brook Park, park access river right   X       X   X X   Cuyahoga
Mastick and Cottonwood Picnic areas upstream of Puritas Road in Fairview Park, access river left   X       X   X X   Cuyahoga
FORD--upstream of Lorain Road on Old Lorain Road off Rocky River Reservation Parkway north of Fairview Park, portage river right                     Cuyahoga
Access at ford near Loran Road park north of Fairview Park, access river right and left X                   Cuyahoga
DAM--about 1 1/2 miles downstream of Lorain Road ford near Lorain Road off Parkway, portage river right                     Cuyahoga
DAM--above Rockcliff Spring Access about 1-1/2 miles off Parkway, portage river right                     Cuyahoga
DAM--off Parkway just south of the I-90 bridge south of Rocky River, portage river right or left at Rockcliff Spring Access Point                     Cuyahoga
Rockcliff Spring South access below the I-90 bridge east of Rocky River, access river left   X       X   X X   Cuyahoga
Detroit Avenue entrance to the Rocky River Reservation west of Lakewood in Rocky River, access river right   X       X   X X   Cuyahoga

ROCKY RIVER - WEST BRANCH

Roadside Parking Parking Lot Pulloff Canoe Rentals Canoe Ramp Only Trailer/Cartop Ramp Restrooms Camping Picnic Area Water Food County
Grafton Road bridge in Hardscrabble, roadside access river left X                   Medina
DAM--and river gauge at Sprague Road bridge in West View, must portage at least 100 yards upstream river left                     Cuyahoga, Lorain
DAM--200 yards below Bagley Road bridge in Olmsted Falls, portage river right before Bagley Road bridge, portage area flooded at high water and is dangerous                     Cuyahoga
Lewis Road bridge in Olmsted Falls, roadside access river left X                   Cuyahoga
PADDLERS MUST CALL OLMSTED FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT AT (440)235-3238 BEFORE PADDLING IN NORTH OLMSTED; MANMADE FALLS IN THE CITY ARE DANGEROUS                     Cuyahoga