Route change through City of Mentor
- Date Posted
- Nov 15, 2025
- Section
- Bedford
- Chapter
- Crooked River Chapter
Bedford map update for Point 26 to Point 29.
The description changes apply to all BTA mapping products.
The City of Mentor requested several changes to the BT within the city. The first change allows the trail to pass through the Wildwood Cultural Center property which has wooded trails. This change takes the BT on a road with less traffic, a wide berm, and parking. The second change takes the BT through the Mentor Civic Center campus. The Civic Center area also offers ample parking.
As a result of these changes, Point 27 and Point 28 move to new locations. And the length of the Bedford Section increases by 0.6 mi, changing the Bedford Section to a total of 66.8 mi.
The following trail log implements all the changes:
CW 52.8 W | CCW 14.0 | Point 26 Booth Rd at Baldwin Rd
Notice building to the north of this intersection. It was built in 1894 as a school and is now named Children’s Schoolhouse Nature Park, a unit of Lake Metroparks. <
BT turns left (W) onto Baldwin Rd. In 400’, BT turns right (N) onto Hart Rd, and continues N to where it turns slightly left (NW) on Little Mountain Rd.
CW 54.8 W | CCW 12.0 S | Point 27 Entrance to Wildwood Cultural Center (P, PR, PT, Ws,)
Enter Wildwood Cultural Center driveway (right, E) and take paved path that goes in front of the Wildwood facility. Continue on this path as it turns into the Bluebell Trail. Stay on the Bluebell Trail until it exits back out onto Little Mountain Rd. Turn right (N) onto Little Mountain Rd. At Mentor Ave (SR 20) (R) Little Mountain Rd becomes Jackson St. Stay on Jackson St to Hopkins Rd where the BT turns left (N).
Follow Hopkins Rd and in .37 mi pass Mentor Dog Park (P, PR). Cross over SR 2, cross Market St and then immediately cross (Right, E) what is now Munson Rd, as Hopkins Rd turns right (E). Join the APT on the E side of Munson Rd and follow it through the Mentor Civic Center Campus (P) and passing the Mentor Hich School campus on the west.
CW 58.4 W | CCW 8.4 S | Point 28 Munson Rd and Civic Center Dr
Cross Munson Rd with the APT and head W along Civic Center Dr. In 1,000’ at Center St, cross (right, N) Civic Center Dr onto APT paralleling Center St. Continue along Center St crossing Munson Rd and then Hendricks Rd. Continue now on sidewalk along Center St and cross Plains Rd. Here, Center St ends and Hopkins Rd enters from the E and turns N.
Rejoin the APT and continue N.
CW 59.8 N | CCW 7.8 S | Point 29 Entrance to Veterans Park (Lake Metroparks) (P, PS, PT, W, WC)
Continue with the description for Pt 29 in your current BTA map product.
