The newly opened Creek to Creek Greenway connects West Creek Reservation in Parma with Big Creek Reservation in Parma Heights over a signed, seven-mile route. Rather than creating a continuous off-road trail, the cities directed cyclists along existing neighborhood streets with signs, cleveland.com reported.
That street-based approach fits one part of a broader regional planning picture, but the plans are context, not confirmation that this route is formally included in them. The Cuyahoga County Planning Commission’s Greenways Plan envisions a connected network combining on-road bicycle facilities with off-road trails. Separately, NOACA says it and regional partners completed a region-wide bicycle and pedestrian trails study in 2025, with recommendations spanning short-, medium- and long-term projects. Neither source identifies the Creek to Creek route as part of its plan or study recommendations: Cuyahoga County Planning Commission; NOACA.
The new link is also distinct from West Creek Conservancy’s longer-range vision: a 20-mile natural public trail network connecting Seven Hills, Parma, Brooklyn Heights and Independence to West Creek Reservation. That is a separate vision, not a description of the seven-mile neighborhood-street route that has opened, the conservancy says.
There is a separate local precedent for an off-road segment. West Creek Conservancy reports that Seven Hills completed an official West Creek Greenway segment beyond the reservation in 2007, with paving and other site work. That earlier project is not the Creek to Creek route, but it illustrates that greenway efforts in the area have taken forms different from this new street-and-sign connection: West Creek Conservancy.
For the current route, planning took almost two years and included two public meetings before signs were installed, according to cleveland.com. The project was developed jointly by the two cities. Bike Parma Chapter President Corey Rybka told the publication that adding other communities is a possibility, mentioning Seven Hills and a hoped-for eventual connection with Independence and the Towpath Trail. Those extensions remain possibilities, not confirmed scheduled projects.
