Camp Julia Crowell

It was named for Julia Cobb Crowell, a Cleveland civic leader who served as the city's first Girl Scout commissioner in the 1920s.

[5] The land for Camp Crowell came was accumulated by James B. Kirby and sold to the Cleveland Girl Scout Council in 1937.

[8] On August 4, 1959, two thirteen-year-old campers were killed by lightning, and two other girls were hospitalized, during a storm at Camp Julia Crowell.

[7] The camp was sold by the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio in 2011, along with several other properties, despite an organized effort by Friends of Crowell Hilaka, to maintain the program and the site.

The Western Reserve Land Conservancy entered into an agreement with the Richfield Joint Recreation District to purchased the property in 2015.

[12] Current park facilities include a segment of the Buckeye Trail,[13] an event center, and accessible camping sites.

[16] Cuyahoga Valley Career Center (CVCC): assisted in renovations of the "Gatekeeper's House" located at the entrance of the park.

[16] Ohio Horseman’s Council: OHC and its volunteers held fundraisers to raise money used to clear and establish five miles of multi-use natural equine trails throughout the park.

[16] Western Reserve Land Conservancy: helps the Richfield Joint Recreation District find additional public funding sources and potential uses for the property.