Brunswick’s parks

Boston Knoll

This neighborhood park can be reached by car via Weathervane off of Boston Road or by a walkway off of Berkeley Lane. The park offers several recreational opportunities. A forested walkway connects Boston Knoll to North Park (walkway off of Berkeley Lane), allowing park users to enjoy its walking trails through the beech-maple forests. The City worked with a subdivision developer in designing the park in the late 1970s. This was the first attempt by the City to work directly with a developer to assure the improvements and property met the City’s needs.

Bridgeport Park

Bridgeport, a neighborhood park, can be accessed by car via Suffolk Lane or by a walkway off of Portsmouth Drive. This park offers the typical design of a neighborhood park which others have been compared to. It features a mixture of active and passive use. The natural open space provides the opportunity to observe grassland birds — sparrows, bluebirds and hawks.

Brunswick Lake Park

Brunswick Lake Park boasts beautiful maple, ash, oak and beech trees and a variety of wild flowers throughout its 79 acres. Visitors to the park can spot ducks, frogs, turtles, deer, mink, squirrels, and of course a variety of birds. The lake itself is over 13 acres and is home to a variety of fish.

A one mile walking trail including two boardwalks encircles the lake, providing residents with easy walking access to the Susan Hambley Nature Center, the nearby Southlake neighborhood, and nearby shopping and dining at Brunswick Town Center.

Dog Park

The dog park is a .75 acre off-leash area for dogs.

Heritage Farm

A former farm kept to preserve part of the History of the City of Brunswick, Heritage Farm Park is run through a joint effort between the city and the Brunswick Historical Society. 

Hopkins Park

Hopkins Park, one of our eight community parks, can be reached by vehicle via Laurel Road or Diana Drive, both of which have parking. A walkway off of Barbara Drive also provides access. This park offers room for active recreation along with some wooded areas for passive use. The second largest Swamp White Oak in Ohio can be found next to the Diana Drive entrance gate. In 1982, the City completed negotiations with the previous owner who also requested the park be named Hopkins. A grant was used to purchase the property.

Huntington Circle

This property is undeveloped open space and is maintained only by mowing twice a year.

James Park

James Park is the smallest park in Brunswick and can be reached by James Blvd. off of North Carpenter.

Mooney Park

Mooney can be found off of Windsor Drive and has parking. The park is open when organized games are being played and features a concession stand.

Neura Park

Brunswick’s oldest park offers many facilities for both active and passive uses. An Inclusive Playground was constructed in 2022. Playgrounds such as this ensure physical social inclusion to encourage all children to play together. This community park has a large parking area and some wooded areas along a creek which offer opportunities for wildlife viewing. The park is named after Capt. Theodore P. Neura, who was the first serviceman from Brunswick to die in the Vietnam conflict (Dec. 12, 1963). The park was dedicated in 1975. Initial improvements to the site were by volunteer efforts. Still remaining from this effort is the pavilion. Several grants have been acquired since then to upgrade the park.

North Park

North Park provides a passive atmosphere. The main entrance and parking are accessed off of Grafton Rd. Several walkways are located around the park, offering several subdivisions access to the park. Schools, scouts, families and civic organizations take advantage of its wide variety of year-round activities, programs and opportunities. A five acre lake provides aquatic studies, birds and reptile/amphibian studies and more. Two miles of walking/biking trails are found weaving in and out of the beech-maple forest. A connector trail will take you to Boston Knolls Park. Trails throughout the woods are crushed limestone rock tread and the trail around the lake is paved. The lake is stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill and catfish. Dozens of trout are released for the Fishing Derby held on the first Saturday in May.

In the late 1970s, plans for the park’s initial 42.5 acres were to include baseball and soccer fields with a recreational focus. From a lack of funds to develop the site, the natural features were recognized for their great potential and the focus switched to a “passive” park. In the mid-1980s, fifteen acres were added to the park with a donation from the State of Ohio. Since then, approximately seven acres of forest have been added as a result of negotiations with developers of the Woodlands subdivision and North Park Estates.

Playset photo: Tom Adams

Pepperwood Park

Pepperwood Park consists of three different parcels of land. The largest parcel is surrounded by Pepperwood Drive, Baywood Drive and Marsh Way, and has several large open areas and a small lake. The lake is stocked with bass and catfish. A three acre wooded area with mature trees is adjacent to the lake. The other two park sites are found off of Pepperwood and Linden Drives and are maintained as open green space for play.

Pumpkin Ridge Park

This neighborhood park can be reached by a driveway off of Grafton Road or by walkways off of either Salem or Marguerite Way, both of which are off of Grafton. The park consists of mostly open playing areas, except for a small wooded area which offers wildlife viewing.

Rolling Hills

Rolling Hills, a neighborhood park, is separated into four parcels, two of which have facilities. The largest parcel, located at the end of Westminster Drive, can be accessed by a driveway and has a parking area. This parcel is mostly wooded, with older growth beech and maple trees along with the associated underbrush. Another parcel, the lake area, consists of a small lake and is accessed by walkways off of either Ambrose Drive or Canterbury Drive.

Originally planned as a “homeowners’ park”, the City was approached in 1986 to accept the property. In 1987 a grant was received to develop the largest parcel along with the lake area and its facilities.

Shenandoah Park

Shenandoah, our newest neighborhood park, has both active and passive use. It can be reached by a driveway off of Roanoke Drive via Miner Drive, or by a walkway off of New Market Trail. The park is adjacent to natural areas which attract a variety of birds.

Venus Park

Venus Park, a neighborhood park, can be accessed off of Venus Drive via Starview Drive/Grafton Road, or by three walkways. A creek divides the park in two but it is connected by a foot bridge.