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6101 Painesville Warren Road
Concord Twp., OH 44077
GPS Lon: 81° 13' 53.130" W • Lat:41° 42' 13.802" N

Park Map

Hours: Sunrise to sunset.

Amenities: 60 acres. Picnic area with grills. Picnic shelter. Drinking water. Restrooms. Playground. Fishing. Ball/game fields.

Directions: Take I-90 to Rt. 44 and go north to the Rt. 84/Mentor/Painesville exit. Turn right (east) on Rt. 84 for approximately 2 miles. Turn right onto Rt. 86. Helen Hazen Wyman Park is about a mile down on the left.

Shelter Rental: Reserve online or call
Lake Metroparks Registration Department,
(440) 358-7275.

Streambank Stabilization along Big Creek at Helen Hazen Wyman Park

Lake Metroparks is having preventive maintenance done to stabilize the streambank along Big Creek within Helen Hazen Wyman Park.

Please note: This is a dangerous construction area and park visitors are asked NOT to enter the construction area for their own safety.

Click here for more information about the project.

Helen Hazen Wyman Park was the first park to be acquired by Lake Metroparks in 1959. The park system at that time was known as the Lake County Metropolitan Park District. This property along the banks of the Grand River was donated by William Wyman in memory of his mother, Helen Hazen Wyman. More than a century ago, this site was the center of a busy industrial area that included a sawmill, a leather tannery, a carding works for processing wool, an ashery for making lye for soap production, and an iron furnace. A few foundation stones are the only remaining evidence of these enterprises.

Revisiting Helen Hazen Wyman Park (on it's 50th Anniversary) (PDF)

Within the park boundaries, Big Creek flows past the picnic area and empties into the Grand River. Kellogg Creek flows into Big Creek near the parking lot. Fishermen cross the creek and floodplain to fish the river for steelhead trout and smallmouth bass. Look for bank swallows and cedar waxwings that catch insects above the waters of Big Creek.