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Carlisle Reservation

Overview: Carlisle Reservation is rated 4.8/5 from 939 Google reviews. This park offers a variety of well-maintained trails suitable for hiking, strollers, and wheelchairs, as well as a popular Halloween trick-or-treat season and Christmas light display. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use and a friendly crowd of owners and dogs.

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4.8(939 reviews)

Overview: Carlisle Reservation is rated 4.8/5 from 939 Google reviews. This park offers a variety of well-maintained trails suitable for hiking, strollers, and wheelchairs, as well as a popular Halloween trick-or-treat season and Christmas light display. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use and a friendly crowd of owners and dogs.

People say this park offers a variety of well-maintained trails suitable for hiking, strollers, and wheelchairs, as well as a popular Halloween trick-or-treat season and Christmas light display. They highlight the beautiful natural setting, the fun and engaging activities for children, and the well-organized events. They also like the friendly and helpful staff.

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social dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowd

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Address12882 Diagonal Rd, Lagrange, OH 44050, USA
Phone(440) 458-5121
City pageLorain
Imported fromLorain, OH

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Trish Burton5 months ago

There are two different things I want to cover the first and the most popular would have to be the Halloween trick-or-treat season and the Christmas light season (will post pics later) Both are a huge draw and because they are so big you need to go online and make a reservation for a certain day. They only have so much parking. Second— the trails. Aside from asphalt or cement trails nearer to main buildings, these are the best trails made of white ground gravel so easy to transfer with a stroller or a wheelchair. Some areas may be thicker less than others. Almost all of their trails are about 5 feet wide. The trails are well marked and they have a lot of of them. I was only able to hike too, but there are several that range from half a mile to five or 6 miles maybe more. Halloween is self-explanatory with the first few pictures & videos. Will post Christmas at a later time

renee furyes6 months ago

Great place to visit by yourself or with kids. Indoor and outdoor play areas and walking trails. In the month of October they host a Halloween Fair on weekends with family friendly fun. Food and drinks available for purchase. Walking trail is family friendly before 7 and haunted after 7:00 during the Halloween Fair. Fun for everyone, any age!

Britt5 months ago

Been coming here for their Halloween Fair since high school! It is a beautiful park and trail and for Halloween they set up an amazing event! This year we went and were not disappointed. They sure have upped the production on the haunted trail since my day! The day time is for the kids or just if you want to enjoy a Halloween trail and at night time they turn it over into a haunted trail! Such effort they put into the decor and small haunted off the trail. The pumpkin pond is the show stopper! So many hand carved pumpkins that light up the pond so magically at night! Also lots of food trucks and refreshments!

Candy Cottrell5 months ago

The Halloween walk was awesome ! Great for all ages , its our must do each year :)

Allison Caronchia year ago

Beautiful park with different trails, horse trail, kid trail with activities, playground, duck ponds, visitor center with discovery den (good for all ages) inside and dinosaur play area (best for ages baby to 5 in my opinion), beautiful courtyard area, friendly staff, summer nature camps! There is also a bird area with owls, crows, hawks, and more to view! Informational place overall.

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