Exploring Crawford County

Here are some photos from the famous "spillway". 

Rainbow Lake is formed by a dam on Mill Run.  It is in Shady Grove Park.  The dam includes an impressive concrete spillway with a mural and ...

Woodcock Creek Lake is a fun place for boating, picnicking, hiking, running, and mountain biking.  While most of it is pretty straightforwar...

The Ernst Trail is a rail trail built on the roadbed of a railroad which connected Meadville to Conneaut Lake.  It is seven miles long, fiv...

Bemustown Dam was located on French Creek a couple miles north of Meadville.  Originally built in 1830 to power a mill, it later supplied w...

This park was originally called Waterworks Park because of its location behind the city waterworks.  In 1942 it was renamed Ellsworth Park i...

The French Creek Outdoor Learning Center (FCOLC) encompasses the west bank of French Creek where it passes by the old Avtex plant.  It is a...