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Edgewater Park

6500 Cleveland Memorial Shoreway · Cleveland, OH

Why you should go…

This Cleveland Metroparks lakefront gem serves up 2,400 feet of swimming beach, a fishing pier, paved trails, and the single best skyline photo op in the city, especially at sunset behind the giant Cleveland script sign. Summer brings beach days and food trucks; winter brings dramatic frozen-lake scenery. It's free, and it's quintessential Cleveland.

  • #beach
  • #lake erie
  • #skyline views
  • #sunsets
  • #free

Good to know

General sport & outdoor guidance

Habits that pay off across this whole category, not rules for this one venue. Always check the official site for the specifics.

  • Weather calls the shots

    Check the forecast the morning of and keep an indoor backup in your pocket for the day it turns.

  • Shoes, water, sun cover

    The three things that decide whether you last the whole outing or cut it short after an hour.

  • Parking and launches fill early

    On a nice weekend, lots and trailheads are often full by mid-morning.

  • Daylight shrinks in shoulder season

    Spring and fall visits need an earlier start than the same trip in July.

What's around here?

The closest stops to Edgewater Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sightseeing
    Iconic

    Cleveland, Ohio

    Free

    Ohio's Lake Erie city, home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and a revitalized downtown waterfront.

    1.9 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Eat & Drink
    Local Gem

    Great Lakes Brewing Company

    Under $25

    Ohio's pioneering craft brewery: pints of Christmas Ale and Edmund Fitzgerald in a historic Ohio City brewpub, plus guided brewery tours.

    2.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Eat & Drink

  • Attractions
    Family Favorite

    Greater Cleveland Aquarium

    Under $25

    Sharks glide overhead in a 175-foot sea tube inside a converted 19th-century powerhouse on the Cuyahoga River.

    2.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Outdoor Adventure

    Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve

    Free

    A reclaimed dredge-spoil peninsula on Lake Erie, now a quiet birding and hiking spot minutes from downtown Cleveland.

    7.0 mi awayMore like this

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Date Night

    Cleveland Botanical Garden

    Under $25

    Ten acres of themed gardens plus a glasshouse with a Costa Rican rainforest and free-flying butterflies.

    7.2 mi awayMore like this

  • Sport & Outdoor
    Iconic

    Cuyahoga Valley National Park

    Free

    Ohio's only national park: 65-foot Brandywine Falls, the Towpath Trail, and 33,000 acres of woods and wetlands between Cleveland and Akron.

    18 mi awayMore like this