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Chippewa Lake Park – Chippewa Lake, OH

How about a quick Chippewa Lake Park mention… these are the last pictures I took of the park before moving from Ohio back in 2009. This was in April 2009. I didn’t have a chance to post them until now. Chippewa Lake Park was one of my favorite places to sneak around and one of my favorite features on the site. This series of pictures taken after the land was cleared for redevelopment gives a better glimpse of the rides and where they sat in relation to one another. Even having been there many times, I was surprised how near some of them were to each other once the brush and trees were cleared. The park had been sitting for around 20 years by the time I first visited, so it was very overgrown. Anyway, here are some pictures from my April 2009 visit. It was a quick trip, and this is a fraction of the pictures I took…

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9 Responses to “Chippewa Lake Park – Chippewa Lake, OH”

  1. Dave Clough Says:
    January 8th, 2011 at 7:02 am

    Interesting photos. Do you have more extensive history/background on this park?

    Interesting site and great job. Still the favorites are Tyson’s former home, the turnpike motel, and Geauga Lake.

  2. Steve Sharp Says:
    January 22nd, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    Dave, I was wondering the same thing, and there is a decent overview of the history of the park on Wikipedia. Here’s a link:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chippewa_Lake_Park

  3. Steve Sharp Says:
    January 22nd, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    Also, interestingly enough, in that Wiki link I just posted, they mention Geauga Lake (and Cedar Point) as being competing parks that led to the demise of Chippewa Lake Park. I guess Cedar Point wound up taking them both down.

  4. Scott Says:
    February 3rd, 2011 at 12:09 am

    Tis gone :(

  5. Rookie Says:
    March 13th, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Cedar Point closing down Geauga Lake made me not like Cedar Point.

  6. Dave Clough Says:
    May 10th, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    Scott – thanks for providing the link. It looks like pictures will be the only remains of this park soon if the redevelopment is actually happening.

  7. Ed Kiggans Says:
    May 27th, 2011 at 7:47 pm

    I would love to go on some explorations with you.Your websites are the greatest.Keep up the great work.

  8. Buster Says:
    September 20th, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    exploring old places is fun and after looking at these pics id so love to go to this place is it still there? another of my favorites that I have been too is the turnpike hotel up by austintown, oh and the old Hooven allison rope factory in xenia oh

  9. SUPERSTANG70 Says:
    December 29th, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    Really sad to see how this place ended i followed the destruction on your website,thanks

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