A Visit to Euclid Beach Park

The sky was brilliant blue and the temperatures were very warm, perfect for a walk around Euclid Beach Park, part of the Cleveland Metroparks. A script “Cleveland” sign has been installed which is a nice footnote to the Cleveland skyline off to the west. The beach was just freshly combed, which provided some interesting patterns. Of course, I was compelled to walk on that perfectly combed sand,  but at least I walked on the far end so as to not spoil the view for others. Here are a few photos.

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Autumn at Tinkers Creek Gorge in Bedford, Ohio

One of my favorite locations to view fall colors is at the overlook at Tinker’s Creek Gorge in the Bedford Reservation, which is part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and also part of the Cleveland Metroparks system. The sky was bright and the colors were bold! Here’s a photo - click on the image for a larger view. 

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Autumn at Tinkers Creek Gorge in Bedford, Ohio

Another one of my favorite locations to view fall colors: the overlook at Tinker’s Creek Gorge in Bedford Reservation, which is part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and also part of the Cleveland Metroparks system. Despite the fact that the fall colors seem a little dull here in northeast Ohio, this view still is breathtaking. Here’s a photo that I took today (click on the image for a larger view).

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Autumn Colors at Squire’s Castle

Squire’s Castle is one of my favorite places to photograph in the fall. The gray color of the structure is offset by the surrounding colorful foliage. It looks great in both color and in black and white. Here are a few photos I took this morning (click on any image for a larger view).

(Squire’s Castle is in the North Chagrin Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks in Willoughby Hills, Ohio.)

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Buttermilk Falls & Shale – North Chagrin Reservation

The water levels were low this weekend when we visited Buttermilk Falls in the North Chagrin Reservation in Lake and Cuyahoga Counties, part of the Cleveland (Ohio) Metroparks. This provided for excellent views of the interesting shale formations in the stream bed. The shale at the upper point of the falls broke off into curvy jagged shapes, while only slightly further down the falls, the shale broke off into rectangular chunks. Here are a few photos.

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Rocky River Reservation – Cleveland Metroparks

It’s been super busy the last few weeks, but for one day we decided to take a break from it all and  visit the Rocky River Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks. It’s a lovely and very active park, with plenty of people walking, running, biking, hiking, golfing, boating, and fishing. I’ve visited most (if not all) of the parks in both the Cleveland and Lake Metropark systems and I think Rocky River Reservation is one of the finest of the group, with many sights to see and plenty of things to do. Here are a few photos of the river views, plus one photo of  a distant downtown Cleveland's Key Tower peeking over the treetops.

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Squire’s Castle in Black & White

Squire’s Castle is a great place to visit in the fall. The colorful fall foliage perfectly frames the small castle-like structure which sits atop a gently sloping hill. I decided that this year, rather than post the usual castle pictures with fall colors, that I’d go with black and white. As Squire’s Castle is reportedly haunted, I think the black and white photos give off a more ghostly effect.  (Click on any image to open the photo gallery viewer.)

Squire’s Castle is in the Cleveland Metroparks - North Chagrin Reservation in Willoughby Hills, Ohio.

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Squire’s Castle

One of the most interesting places to visit in the Cleveland Metroparks is Squire's Castle in the North Chagrin Reservation (located in Willoughby Hills, Ohio).

The castle "shell" really wasn't a castle. It was supposed to be a gatehouse for a large country estate to be built by Feargus Squire, one of the founders of the Standard Oil Company in the late 1800s. (The large estate was never built.)

Squire’s Castle is beautiful in the fall when the trees begin to change color. A few years ago, I made a video of some of my pictures and videos taken of the castle over the years and that video is below. Since the weather was warm and sunny today, and the leaves were showing some beautiful color, I took a drive out there for some new photos, which I have included here.


Squire’s Castle Video

Castle Interior

View from Squire's Castle

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