A great lake to kayak. Only fisherman and other kayaks/canoes no giant boats to bother you.
Eryion H.
Place rating: 5 Stow, OH
There is a lot to be said about this beautiful body of water & it’s stunning array of trees along it’s edges. Where to begin, however, is a thankful challenge. Today was my families first visit here, my mom slipped & fell while attempting to climb into the kayak — but the slippery bank is the only complaint I have… and it’s not much of a complaint as it was a good laugh. Anyways, one of the best things I noticed about this park is that it is completely handicap friendly. They have a cute dock that has a rubber mat at the beginning so your wheelchair wont go full speed into the railing, a wheelchair accessible porta potty, parking & store. Although I did not go into the store itself, you can rent kayaks, paddle boats, john boats, canoes, and electric motors or you can even bring your own. And if you are an Akron resident & can bring proof– you get 10% off your rentals :) The water & picnic areas was spotless, no trash anywhere in sight except a large amount of goose poop but that can’t be helped. There was a beautiful variety of trees, wildlife(great for bird watchers(…I saw at least 5 Blue Herons!), and anyone who loves dragonflies & damselflies. It was quiet, people were very respectful and it truly was very pretty! I also loved their bulletin board(which is a strange thing to appreciate) because they not only had one of my favorite sayings«The world is not your ashtray, please pick up your butts» but they also had a picture/advertisement up to adopt children from a local agency with a short description of that child(I would love to adopt this tween– Jacob if I could). Another stroke at my heart strings was another sign asking visitors to not keep small fish & requested they release them back into the waters to help the population grow and maintain a healthy balance. So kudos to whomever posted all these things because it shows you have an amazing heart!
