Egbert Picnic Area

Egbert Picnic Area is a wooded picnic stop in Bedford Reservation, within Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It has an open shelter, picnic tables and a swing set, with parking and restrooms. It works best as a meal break or a place to begin a forest walk. Bring your own food; this is a picnic stop, not a food stop.

The trailhead links to hiking, mountain-bike and bridle routes. Some paths descend steeply toward Tinker's Creek, so choose a route that suits your footing and comfort before leaving the clearing. This is a useful picnic base if you want to eat before or after a walk.

Tinker's Creek has carved a steep gorge through the reservation. Across the wider area, the creek drops about 220 feet in a two-mile stretch on its way to the Cuyahoga River. Trails from Egbert lead toward wooded views of the gorge; the picnic clearing itself is not an overlook, so plan on walking for those views.