Malabar Farm State Park

On the ground

The Big House anchors the property: Bromfield's 32-room home, begun from a small existing farmhouse and enlarged by architect Louis Lamoreux and Bromfield into a blend of Western Reserve architectural styles, deliberately built to look as though it had grown over decades. Bromfield furnished it largely in French style with paintings and antiques collected on his travels, and the house today uses geothermal heating. The property also includes the Main Barn, the Bicentennial Barn, the Bicentennial Barn Open Shed, the Carriage House, the Corn Crib, the Silo, the Chicken Coop, the Smoke House, the Milk Parlor, and the Green House, along with the Ceely Rose House, The Berry House, the Bell House, the Farm Market, the Produce Building, the Sugar Shack, the Working Farm, the Working Farm Barn, the Working Farm Office, and the Olivet Cemetery. The Main Barn itself keeps goats, sheep, cattle, horses, ponies, rabbits, and resident barn cats, with newborn kids and lambs appearing each spring and pigs joining the mix in summer.

Beyond the farm buildings, the park's natural landmarks are named Ferguson Falls, Mount Jeez, Rock City Cave, and the Maple Syrup Woods. For hiking and riding, the Pleasant Valley Bridle Trail covers 4.21 miles, the Malabar Farms Connector runs 2.33 miles, and the Bromfields Junglebrook Trail adds 0.64 miles. Anglers can fish the park's two ponds for bluegill and catfish, provided they hold a valid Ohio fishing license if 16 or older.