Cleveland Heights Parks and Facilities
216-691-7373
lshaw@clvhts.com

Cleveland Heights boasts over 135 acres of beautiful parkland and excellent recreational facilities.

POLICIES AND REGULATIONS FOR CITY PARKS:

The City of Cleveland Heights has six parks - Cain Park, Caledonia Park, Cumberland Park, Denison Park, the Euclid Heights Tot Lot and Forest Hill Park - that feature countless amenities for residents to enjoy. All city parks are open from 6:00 am to 9:30 pm. The following list features prohibited activities (per City Ordinance #923) that pertain to each park:
  1. No driving or parking on park pathways or grass
  2. No two-wheel motor vehicles
  3. No alcoholic beverages
  4. No loud music
  5. No dogs
  6. No golfing
  7. No gambling
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER
1 Monticello Boulevard (at Mayfield Road)
216-691-7373

Thanks to the voters' passage of the 1997 Recreation Bond Issue, Cleveland Heights residents have a state-of-the-art recreation complex. The Cleveland Heights Community Center contains the following:
  1. Year-round, Olympic-size ice rink, called the North Rink
  2. South Ice Rink (ice for six months, used as a summer field house for six months)
  3. Field House/Fitness Center
  4. Senior Activity Center
  5. Summer Day Camp
  6. Meeting and General Recreation program rooms
  7. Rooms for rentals and special events
Ice Skating
Beautiful views and lots of fun are guaranteed at the Community Center's Olympic-size North ice rink. The Center's two-rink schedule enables us to offer the following programs:
  1. Learn-to-Skate lessons, taught after school, in the evenings and on weekends
  2. Adaptive Skating
  3. Adult Public Sessions
  4. Speed Skating and Synchronized Skating
  5. Lessons two days a week for home-schooled students
  6. Ice Hockey for Youth (Cleveland Heights Hockey League) - Travel, Tots, Instructional, Recreational, Girls and Elementary School Programs
  7. Men's and Women's Hockey
  8. Sled Hockey
  9. Figure Skating (The Pavilion Skating Club) Freestyle and Dance - on ice and off-ice programs
  10. A variety of special events
Field House/Fitness Center
We hope our residents will make the Community Center part of their recreation and fitness routine! Here's what the facility contains:
  1. Two high school-size (50' x 84') gyms, side-by-side, with wooden floors; bleachers; scoreboards; glass backboards with break-away rims for both full court and side court play; ample padding for safety; and flexibility for basketball and volleyball use, as well as other programs
  2. A four-lane elevated track, featuring a rubberized, user-friendly surface (a length of 180 yards or nine laps to the mile); and a scenic view of our South Rink/Field House, gym, fitness area and nearby Cumberland Park
  3. A Fitness Center, featuring Nautilus exercise machines for upper and lower body; aerobic machines, including tread mills, elliptical machines, recumbent and upright bikes, and a step machine; a cardio theater system, with televisions and audio equipment to watch or listen as you exercise; and an aerobics room with a wooden floor
Facility Hours
Main Registration Desk
Purchase Recreation ID cards ($5.00 for all Cleveland Heights residents except preschoolers) and annual passes; register for programs and activities; and pay Field House admission fees. Purchase trash and recycling bags; register to vote.

Desk Hours
August 1 – September 28
Monday-Friday9:00 am-7:00 pm
Saturday8:00 am-4:00 pm
Sunday10:00 am-4:00 pm

September 29 – May 3
Monday-Friday9:00 am-8:00 pm
Saturday8:00 am-5:00 pm
Sunday10:00 am-5:00 pm

Gym, Track/Fitness Center
August 1 – September 28
(Closed August 18-24, 2008 for maintenance)
Monday-Friday6:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday9:00 am - 5:00 pm

September 29 – May 3
Monday-Friday6:00 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday9:00 am - 6:00 pm

CAIN PARK
Lee and Superior Roads
(216) 371-3000 (summer only)
  1. Playground
  2. Outdoor wading pool
  3. Six lighted tennis courts
  4. One full-court basketball court
  5. Skate Park for skateboards and roller blades
  6. Performing Arts Center (See Cain Park Section)
  7. Sledding hill
  8. All-purpose pathway
  9. Grassy recreation area
CALEDONIA PARK
869 Ravine Drive (near Noble Road)
  1. Picnic shelter
  2. Playground
  3. Multi-purpose field, with small ballfield area
  4. Restrooms
CUMBERLAND PARK
1740 Cumberland Road (Cumberland and Mayfield Roads)
  1. Outdoor swimming pool and wading pool
      2008 Cumberland Pool Schedule:
      Saturday, June 7 through Monday, September 1
      Monday-Friday
        6:45 am-8:00 pm – Adult Lap Swim
        10:00 am-8:00 pm – Adult Swim
        9:00 am-5:00 pm – Parent/Tot Swim
        1:00-5:00 pm – Open Swim
        5:00-8:00 pm – Family Swim
        10:00 am-8:00 pm – Wading Pool
      Saturday-Sunday
        11:00 am-6:00 pm – Adult Lap Swim
        11:00 am-6:00 pm – Open Swim (Saturdays)
        1:00 pm-6:00 pm – Open Swim (Sundays)
        12:00 pm-6:00 pm – Wading Pool
  2. Concession stand
  3. Picnic shelter
  4. Two full-court basketball courts
  5. Small ballfield
  6. Playground
  7. Passive recreation grassy area
  8. Veterans Memorial, honors Cleveland Heights veterans who served in World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf conflicts
  9. Cleveland Heights Historical Center at Superior Schoolhouse
  10. All-purpose pathway
  11. Restrooms
DENISON PARK
1015 Quarry Road (Bluestone and Quarry Roads, Monticello Boulevard and Belvoir)
  1. Youth ballfield
  2. Multi-purpose field (lighted)
  3. Six lighted tennis courts
  4. Playground
  5. Picnic shelter
  6. All-purpose pathway
  7. Two full-court basketball courts
  8. Restrooms
EUCLID HEIGHTS TOT LOT
Euclid Heights Boulevard and Hampshire Road
  1. Playground for preschool-age children
FOREST HILL PARK
2370 Lee (Lee and Monticello Boulevards)
  1. Four fenced and lighted baseball/softball fields
  2. Six lighted tennis courts
  3. All-purpose pathway
  4. Three picnic shelters
  5. Playground
  6. Large multi-purpose field
  7. Concession stand
  8. Nature trail
  9. Restrooms