2023 Dragonfly/Damselfly Locations to Visit
Brecksville Reservation:
- Maintenance yard (very dry last year)
- Gray Petaltail area along bridle trails
Millstream Run Reservation:
- Bonnie Park – ponds and trail south of Pearl Road along river.
- North of Pearl Road along river (Tim Krynak) Rubber boots? Wade the river when low?
- Wet area back in the woods near the covered bridge.
North Olmsted Park (David Fortier River Park) Dragonflies on turtle photo?
Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation – Downhill from the Canalway Center.
West Creek Reservation – Wetlands, Bluebird Point field and field near the Radio Tower to the south.
Hinckley Reservation: Gravel Road/Rocky River and Judge’s Lake
Richfield Heritage Preserve: Mostly Upper Lake, the Gemini Cabin and gravel road to the power lines area.
Rising Valley Park – The loop trail. The former athletic fields are now filled with native plants.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park:
- About 1.5 miles south of Canal Road on Towpath Trail. Walk the bridle trails on the way back.
- Frazee House Area – Arrow Clubtails along the Towpath trail. Dragonhunter/Sagamore Creek
- The closed bridge at the end of Tinkers Creek Road and the Tinkers Creek Aqueduct area.
- Terra Vista - The pond, the path past the pond, the start of the Butterfly Trail just before the pond and the trail that circles the cemetery.
- Canal Road Visitors Center area mostly north on the Towpath Trail to Hathaway Road (Stone Road).
- South from Rockside Road/Bottom of Stone Road hill from Independence. (Hemlock Creek Trail).
- Brookside Road Marsh – The gravel maintenance road off Pleasant Valley Road was good.
- Jaite/Buckeye Trail area.
- You enjoyed going to Indigo Lake one day. Other places?
- Wetlands south of Boston between the two highway bridges.
- Everett Road Covered Bridge Area of Furnace Run