Several years ago, I went for a little hike at Greenwood Park in the City of Toledo.  The park has several features that interested me from studying the maps.  First, there is a nice stream in the park.  It also is a fairly large chunk of publicly-accessible and forested real estate.

So, I drove to the park entrance on the east side of Jackman Road, almost immediately south of the Michigan/Ohio border.

Here is my report from that time:

Greenwood Park is bordered by Jackman Rd. on the West, Lewis Ave. on the east, Alexis on the south and a stream on the north.  The park provides several miles of trail in a floodplain area.  The trail is not maintained and is very rough and muddy.  One small ravine had a rickety wood plank as a makeshift crossing.  Still the stream is very nice with a little rapids at one point.  I probably will not go back here unless I’m in the neighborhood.  There is some urban blight on this hike.

This is one of those places with some potential.  A stream like that CAN make for a wonderful urban walk.  But I got the distinct feeling that the park was not completely safe.  Given some of the places that I’ve hiked, that kind of takes a lot.  Still, with a little bit of TLC, this could be a very nice place.

The online mapping software shows two very different images of the park.  The Microsoft Virtual Earth shows the summer shot with trees.  The trees obscure the stream.  Click below:

http://local.live.com/?v=2&cid=628A87FDBE3AF2A!363&encType=1

The Google Earth image is a winter shot and much better to understand the stream course in the park.  Click below:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=greenwood+park+toledo&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=41.726647,-83.576131&spn=0.014189,0.028925&t=h&z=15&om=1

I can really only recommend this place for near-in residents and birders looking to add to a Toledo or Lucas County list.

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