10th annual
SPREE FOR ALL

2013 Hiking Form | Trail Surfaces

Hikers on foot and those with strollers, wheelchairs, walkers and canes enjoy flat, easy trails during this award-winning hiking series, May 1 through June 30.

To receive FREE rewards*, complete five hikes – on five different trails, the same trail or any combination of trails – and submit a completed hiking form. Hikes are FREE for all participants.
 

First-year hikers earn a neck lanyard and commemorative pin (pictured at left). Veteran hikers earn the commemorative pin. *Out-of-county residents pay to receive their rewards ($10 for first-year hikers, $5 for veteran hikers). Additional hiking forms are available at the visitors center at F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, the park district's administrative offices and all Acme Fresh Market stores. For more information, call 330-865-8065.

Cave Café
Mary Campbell Cave in Gorge Metro Park used to be called Old Maid's Kitchen. In the summer, tourists to the area had lunch lowered to them from the cliff above - for a fee, of course.

Mounties
Many years ago, Metro Parks rangers patrolled the parks on horseback.