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Summit Metro Parks

Summit Metro Parks

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Summit Metro Parks

We’re Your Back yard

Founded in 1921, we manage more than 16,000 acres with 16 parks, two nature centers, one visitors center and over 150 miles of trails.

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Programs & Events
Towpath Trail in the summer
Icon of trail signage New Visitor Info
Icon of a compass Trail Updates
Icon of a kayak Explore Activities
Icon of a cabin Make A Reservation
Trail lines
Trail lines

Programs & Events

Immersive, nature-based fun for all ages!  

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Health & Fitness
Two cyclists riding down a paved trail with Summit Lake to their left.

Senior Cycling: Pedal into the Past

SLNC
Nature Education

Story Time in the Garden

FASN/Nature Realm
Recreation
Several people sitting in kayaks on land with paddles in hand.

Summit Lake Float

TT/Summit Lake Trailhead
Health & Fitness
Two cyclists riding down a paved trail with Summit Lake to their left.

Pedal into the Past: Youth Empowerment

SLNC
Recreation
A camping tent with rolled-up sleeping pads, a lantern and pie iron in front of it.

Tent Camping for Families

MF/Lake Area
Nature Education
A wooden bridge over a shallow, rocky creek in a forest.

Rock Creek Hike

FR/Brushwood Area
Educational

Sturgeon Full Moon Hike

MF/Tallmadge Meadows Area
Educational
otter partially submerged in water holding a small fish in its mouth

Otter Open House

LP/Pond Brook Conservation Area
Good For All Ages
people playing instruments with green trees and a lake in the background on a sunny day

Music by the Lake

SC/Sherman Shelter
Good For All Ages
The outlines of several trees stand in contrast to a purple sky speckled with stars in the background.

Peak Perseids

SC/Lake House Area

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What’s New

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Touch-a-Truck

Sit in and explore more than a dozen Summit Metro Parks and local emergency response vehicles!

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Join us for

Music by the Lake

Enjoy live music from the Metro Parks Ensemble in the great outdoors.

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Explore

Summer Recreation

Paddling, biking, archery, fishing and more… Summit Metro Parks has it all!

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What’s New

A young girl sits and smiles behind the wheel of a large tractor.
A man conducts a band outside as people sitting in lawn chairs watch.
Trail lines for the Chuckery Trail
Trail lines

For over 100 years, we’ve been

Leading Conservation Efforts

Beyond the portal signs and hiking trails, Summit Metro Parks conserves and studies green space to help plants, wildlife and people thrive. Learn more about how we conserve Summit County’s natural resources while connecting people to clean and safe parks.  

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