Beaty Landing — Attraction in Painesville

Nice local park with a nice picnic pavilion and nature trails. The gravel loop is exactly 1200 meters and then the grass loop added on is slightly over a mile long when added on to the gravel loop as one big loop. The grass trails are not as smooth as the gravel ones though, so watch your footing when running. The steep hill down to the gravel trail from the parking lot is crumbling pavement that's very bumpy and bad footing, so that could be resurfaced. Our cross country team enjoys running here on a regular basis. It would be nice if the side walk on the side of the road that the park is on was extended down the hill to the park to make it more safely accessible by foot from that busy road and nearby...

Wonderful park with 2 parking lots an upper and lower lot. Great trail mostly through the woods but the renovation to the lower lot has added trail in the open with some bird houses and oddly enough a bat box. The Beaty trails have several access trails leading to the Grand River for fishing but be mindful of fishing rules. There are benches to sit along the trail if need a break. A pavilion was added to the lower lot. From wildflowers to wildlife, you can...

I wish I could give this a 0 star review. I live close by and thought it would be a nice hiking trail no. There is dog poop ever 2ft. The grass was super over grown. I didn't even make it quarter of a mile because of all the dog poop. If you have a dog I wouldn't walk it here. They definitely need to supervise the park or add more dog poop bag stations along the trail. (I didn't see one, but there could...