Cleveland Cultural Gardens Selfie Cycle Tour - a Smart-guided Adventure

Experience 33 cultural gardens along Doan Creek upon a nature-bound bikeway that also ribbons through Cleveland's University Circle - home to museums, historical centers, music institutions, and Case Western Reserve University.

This 16-mile bikeway tour takes you from the majestic shores of Lake Erie, through Cleveland's Cultural Gardens and world-renowned University Circle, to picturesque Horseshoe Lake. With so many gardens to see and magnificent architecture to take in along the Harrison Dillard Trail, making time to explore the many museums and art centers may be a masterful, but worthwhile, endeavor of touring. Included in the feat is a midway relaxation segment on the Lake-to-Lakes Trail that takes you to the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes and picturesque Horseshoe Lake.

On the return is a visit to University Circle with a vast selection of optional stops at premier cultural institutions, museums, music centers, and historical collections. A tasty stop at a popular Case Western Reserve campus spot is included. Several other restaurants also dot the area.

The route follows the topography of the land, being fairly level along the Doan Creek bed. There are a few segments where you might use a bit of bike gear, but nothing to work up too much of a sweat over. Speaking of sweating - it's optional. You set your pace, starting time, and touring agenda with CycleNuts' expert smart-guided cycle tour pattern. The route is 83% bikeway and bike lane. In some short segments the route shares the road with motor vehicles. Mostly, the tour route is shaded except for the Lake Erie and University Circle areas which are sporadically shaded.

The points of interest on this short 16-mile tour are delightfully rich:

Severance Hall - Regarded by many music lovers as one of the world's most beautiful concert halls, Severance opened in 1931 as the home of The Cleveland Orchestra. Its architectural significance has been recognized by local and national preservation societies and is named for John L. Severance and his wife, Elisabeth, who initially pledged $1 million for its construction. Elisabeth died unexpectedly early in the design process, and John Severance made additional contributions toward the building in her memory.

Horseshoe Lake - In 1852, the North Union Shakers dammed Doan Brook for the second time, generating power for a new woolen mill and creating what would later become Horseshoe Lake.

Cleveland History Center - Journey through Cleveland’s history from 1796 to today, with the extensive collection and interactive exhibits at the Cleveland History Center. Ride on the restored Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel, walk through two historic mansions, ...and discover "why Cleveland".

Cleveland Museum of Art - The Cleveland Museum of Art consistently ranks as one of the best comprehensive art museums in the United States and one of the most visited in the world! It's home to more than 61,000 works of art spanning 6,000 years and, admission is free.

Cleveland Cultural Gardens - This collection of 30+ small gardens began in 1916, designed and cared for by different cultural/ethnic groups in Cleveland, and is a unique and special feature in Cleveland – and possibly in the world. The Cultural Gardens celebrate the multiculturalism that has always been an important part of Cleveland’s history, and promote the Gardens’ mission of “peace through mutual understanding.”

Cleveland Botanical Garden - Carved into 10 acres of what was once the original Cleveland Zoo, CBG was originally called the Cleveland Garden Center and was the first organization of its kind in the U.S. For more than a generation — since 1930, in fact — the Cleveland Botanical Garden has existed as a lush, beautiful, and peaceful urban sanctuary in University Circle. It's filled to the brim — the outside, too — with plants and flowers from around the globe. It's the perfect spot for a little zen.

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes - In the heart of historic Shaker Heights and surrounded by the Shaker Parklands, the Nature Center is free and open to the public, providing wonderful nature experiences and discovery for all ages throughout all seasons.

Crawford Auto-aviation Museum - University Circle’s best-kept secret is the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. The collection leans heavily toward cars built in Cleveland between 1898 and 1931, when Cleveland was the automotive center of the nation, with 80 different car brands being built here.

Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve - From nearly a century of Cuyahoga River dredgings to being classified as a National Audubon Important Bird Area in 2000. CLNP represents a singular example of lakefront naturalization in Cleveland. Today, the CLNP is the only publicly accessible naturalized lakefront area between Huron and Mentor (a distance of over 70 miles)

Cleveland Museum of Natural History - The museum is considered one of the finest institutions of its kind in North America. Permanent exhibits of special interest include the 3 million-year-old human ancestor Australopithecus afarensis, known as “Lucy,” and the 150 million-year-old Haplocanthosaurus delfsi, one of the most complete mounted sauropods on display anywhere in the world! The Museum also features a planetarium, observatory, discovery center, live animal shows, a wildlife center, and woods garden.

HERE'S THE PLAN: You bring a bike and a smartphone. CycleNuts provides the smart-tour guide! Via email, you receive an expertly designed and tested tour route. Simply click the emailed link and follow the expertly designed Selfie Tour route using your smartphone as your smart-tour guide for the Voice and map-guided turn-by-turn instructions.

From your location simply click on link 1 provided by CycleNuts (using your cell phone) and follow the Google Maps directions to the starting spot;

Unload your bike (if you transported it to the starting spot), or if you rode your bike to the starting spot then you are good to go;

And then click on link 2 provided by CycleNuts and begin the tour (for more complex tours there may also be a link 3 or 4 to click on along the way as well as additional instructions).

ARE YOU READY TO ROLL? GREAT... LET'S HIT THE TRAILS!

GET YOUR TICKET TODAY! - take note that the tour starting and ending times on the ticket are only a general guideline to give you an idea of how much time the tour may take at the minimum. Your time in the saddle, on the trail, and starting times are your call - it is your tour. One ticket equals fun for all! Bring as many people as you wish on your tour. Ticket purchase is for the CycleNuts Selfie Smart-guided route only. Attractions, lodgings, food, bike rental, etc. are not included in the ticket purchase.

CycleNuts Selfie Tours tie together fun, interesting, scenic, historic, tasty, and refreshing points of interest along a bikeway-focused tour route where you ride at your pace and your pleasure. You are the tour boss. You pick the date and time - the ticket is good for any day or time - dates/times listed only as a guideline to give you an idea of how long the tour normally takes.

With these smart-guided bikeway cycling adventures, you bring the bike and smartphone, and CycleNuts provides the Smart Guide. The Smart Guide gives you voice and visual turn-by-turn instructions along an expertly designed and tested tour route.

Do the tour solo or bring along your crew. 1 ticket = fun for all! Easily stop anywhere along the way to visit attractions or refreshments and the Smart Guide will continue the route from wherever you are when you are ready to roll.

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