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I N S I D E How Time Flies Tips to Establish a Family Media Use Plan Our Patients Say It Best Can Milled Resin Save Your Smile? How to Make Your Own Sauerkraut The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes 5825 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 124 Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
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Inspire.” In addition to offering curriculum- related school programs for several local schools, the Nature Center also hosts nature- themed birthday parties where children can celebrate and learn about the natural world. Other popular events, like the Owl Prowl held each November, invite people of all ages to get to know Mother Nature a little better. Visitors at the Nature Center can enjoy hours of peace in the outdoors. There are miles of trails to explore, including the newly reopened, award- winning All People’s Trail. These trails stretch through eight mapped native habitats where guests can experience natural wonders in every season. The Nature Center is free and open to the public all year long, so guests can go birding in the summer and come back to look for fox tracks in the fresh winter snow. This time of year is often better suited for warm blankets and family movie nights, but wintertime offers a lot of natural beauty you don’t get in the summer. If you want to work off some of those holiday calories, get started on those health-conscious New Year’s resolutions, or just spend some time outside again, make the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes your destination.
Conserve. Connect. Inspire. Start the Year at Shaker Lakes
Less than 10 miles east of Cleveland awaits the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. The two lakes were created in the mid-19th century when the North Union Shaker Community dammed Doan Brook to create mills. In 1895, 279 acres of land, which included both lakes, were donated to the City of Cleveland on the grounds that the land be used “for park purposes only.”
Shaker Parklands from becoming the route for a new freeway. These efforts helped ensure that Shaker Lakes remained a popular destination for those seeking to enjoy some relaxing time in the great outdoors. In 1971, the Nature Center was named a national environmental education landmark. At the Nature Center, education and preservation are top priorities, which are driven home by their slogan of “Conserve. Connect.
The Nature Center would come along in 1966, when volunteer efforts fought to keep the
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