Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve is an 88-acre nature preserve located along the city's Lake Erie shoreline that was formed as a result of landfill dumping throughout the 1970s at the city's walled-off Dike 14, located near Gordon Park. After a United States Army Corps of Engineers dredge at the site was filled in 1999, the area's sand, soil, and clay sediments in Dike 14 began to sprout with diverse flora and fauna. Since 2012, the site has been protected as a natural reserve, showcasing grassland, forest, meadow, wetland, and shrubland ecosystems that are home to more than 280 species of birds and a number of native Ohio mammals, reptiles, and plants. Three visitor trails span 2.5 miles throughout the preserve, which is open to the public seven days a week from dawn to dusk.

8701 Lakeshore Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44108, Phone: 216-377-1348

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