Econo Lodge Inn & Suites Monroe

There are lots of birds and other wildlife to see here at Sterling State Park. Visitors have noted that the pavement has roots coming up in some sections making it potentially bumpy. According to Accessible Nature (https://www.accessiblenature.info/?page_id=197#state): This is a wheelchair-accessible interpretive trail that borders Lake Erie. Accessibility: This trail is likely accessible for visitors using wheelchairs, mobility equipment, or strollers. Accessible Parking: Number of...

This is a great hike that starts as a paved trail along the beach and then goes around the lodge to the boardwalk trail. The wetlands are absolutely beautiful. Accessibility: This trail is likely accessible for visitors using wheelchairs, mobility equipment, or strollers. Accessible Parking: Number of designated accessible spaces: 4 at the trailhead; Number of van-accessible spaces with access aisles: 4; Parking lot surface: paved. Trail Details: Trail surface: paved asphalt, wooden...

This is a very well constructed boardwalk and is marked well, so you always know what direction you’re headed. You are likely to see lots of wildlife like turtles, muskrats, snakes, fish, deer, frogs, Eastern screech owls, and bald eagles. Accessibility: There are 4 designated accessible spaces in the paved parking lot off of Park Road 3 at the west end of the trail. All of them are van-accessible with striped access aisles. The trail surface is a wooden boardwalk with edge barriers and...

Trail is well maintained and clearly marked. Starting west from the parking lot (counterclockwise on the loop), the first 1/2 mile or so in on boardwalks over the marsh which are fine and interesting. The next mile+ is on a gravel path/road for quite a while with little to see and then through some stands of trees - not proper woods, but might be in another 20 years. The last bit, heading north between the marsh and Haggerty, is where you'll see one of the bald eagle nests. As wide and smooth...