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Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake, October 12, 2026

Aurora, Ohio

Aurora Park at Geauga Lake

A new City of Aurora park on Geauga Lake, free to enter, with no gates1.

– 5 flights

Aerial photographs of the new City of Aurora park on Geauga Lake, taken over the months it was built. Drag the line on each picture to compare the same view before and after.

Aerial story for MKSK · Interactive by Karl Meves Latest flight

Whole park

March to October

The same view of the park on four days this year. Scroll to move through them.

  1. Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake, March 20, 2026
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    March 20, 20262.

  2. Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake, August 3, 2026
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    August 3, 20263.

  3. Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake, August 17, 2026
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    August 17, 20264.

  4. Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake, October 12, 2026
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    October 12, 20265.

Park entrance

Pavilion, parking and lake

Park entrance: pavilion, parking and lake, March 20, 2026
Before
Park entrance: pavilion, parking and lake, October 12, 2026
After

  1. March 20, 20262.

  2. October 12, 20265. Drag the line to compare.

Park overview

Road along the left

Park overview, road along the left, March 20, 2026
Before
Park overview, road along the left, October 12, 2026
After

  1. March 20, 20262.

  2. October 12, 20265. Drag the line to compare.

Pier

Approach from the park

Pier, approach from the park, August 3, 2026
Before
Pier, approach from the park, October 12, 2026
After

  1. August 3, 20263.

  2. October 12, 20265. Drag the line to compare.

From above

Gatehouse Pavilion

Looking straight down on the gatehouse pavilion. Scroll to move through the dates.

  1. Gatehouse Pavilion, straight down, August 17, 2026
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    August 17, 20264.

  2. Gatehouse Pavilion, straight down, September 14, 2026
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    September 14, 20266.

  3. Gatehouse Pavilion, straight down, October 12, 2026
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    October 12, 20265.

Explore

Every view, every date

Pick any two dates, blink between them, or pinch to zoom.

Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake · 4 flights

  • Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake, March 20, 2026
  • Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake, August 3, 2026
  • Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake, August 17, 2026
  • Whole park, over the entrance road toward the lake, October 12, 2026

Park entrance: pavilion, parking and lake · 2 flights

  • Park entrance: pavilion, parking and lake, March 20, 2026
  • Park entrance: pavilion, parking and lake, October 12, 2026

Park overview, road along the left · 2 flights

  • Park overview, road along the left, March 20, 2026
  • Park overview, road along the left, October 12, 2026

Pier, approach from the park · 2 flights

  • Pier, approach from the park, August 3, 2026
  • Pier, approach from the park, October 12, 2026

Gatehouse Pavilion, straight down · 3 flights

  • Gatehouse Pavilion, straight down, August 17, 2026
  • Gatehouse Pavilion, straight down, September 14, 2026
  • Gatehouse Pavilion, straight down, October 12, 2026

How the park came to be

The City buys the lake

  1. Sept. 2024

    Council approves

    Complete

    City Council votes to buy the lake and the land along its shore (Sept. 16, 20247).

  2. Dec. 2024

    The purchase closes

    Complete

    Dec. 20, 20248.

  3. Oct. 2025

    Groundbreaking

    Complete

    Oct. 23, 20259.

What comes next

A park built in phases

  1. Fall 2026

    Phase 1A opens

    Under way

    The first phase of the park opens this fall10.

  2. Phase 2

    Park improvements

    Planned

    The state set aside $1 million in the state capital budget for park improvements11.

  3. Later

    The full vision

    Planned

    City officials expect the full build-out to take five to eight years12.

Credits and sources

Aurora Park at Geauga Lake is a City of Aurora park. Landscape architecture and planning by MKSK.

Made with Vantage by ERRER Labs.

Landscape architecture and planning by MKSK for the City of Aurora.

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How this was made

  • Each picture is a single photograph. The whole-park and gatehouse series are lined up by matching features; the entrance, road and pier pairs were taken from slightly different positions and are only scaled and shifted to line up. Nothing in any picture is generated or interpolated.
  • The October 12 photographs have stronger colour saturation than the earlier set; exposure, framing and content are unchanged.
  • Not an official City of Aurora publication.

Notes

  1. free to enter, with no gatesgeaugamapleleaf.com
  2. March 20, 2026Aurora Park aerial photo set, files dated 2026_03_20
  3. August 3, 2026Aurora Park aerial photo set, files dated 2026_08_03
  4. August 17, 2026Aurora Park aerial photo set, files dated 2026_08_17
  5. October 12, 2026Aurora Park aerial photo set, files dated 2026_10_12
  6. September 14, 2026Aurora Park aerial photo set, files dated 2026_09_14
  7. Sept. 16, 2024cleveland19.comlwvnpc.org
  8. Dec. 20, 2024cleveland19.comtheportager.com
  9. Oct. 23, 2025auroraoh.com
  10. this fallfox8.com
  11. $1 million in the state capital budget for park improvementsohiohouse.gov
  12. five to eight yearscleveland19.com

Sources

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