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.

The Valley View Area
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Programs & Events

Immersive, nature-based fun for all ages!  

Nature Education
A mushroom grows out of the mossy, leaf-covered ground.

Eye Spy & Campfire

FR/Brushwood Area
Wild Back Yards
A hand gently holding up a flower that has gone to seed.

Native Seed Collection

CV/Valley View Area
Special Events
A book sits on a book stand in a gift shop. The title is "Akron at 200: A Bicentennial History."

Book Signing: Akron at 200

FASN/Nature Realm
Educational
Several logs are piled onto a campfire.

Campfire Chemistry

SC/Lake House Area
Art
A woman sketches an apple on a sketch pad.

Nature Drawing for Adults

LP/Nature Center
Nature Education
Red-headed woodpecker clinging to the side of a tree trunk

Kinderealm: Woodpeckers

FASN/Nature Realm
Art
Paper organized in a spiral pattern.

Nature Collage

FASN/Visitors Center
Nature Education
A chickadee sits on a tree branch surrounded by orange leaves.

Homeschoolers: Birds

F/Coventry Oaks Lodge
Art
a table covered in magazines and paper clippings

Virtual: Nature Collage

Virtual
Eco-friendly Home & Gardens
A hand gently holding up a flower that has gone to seed.

Homegrown Habitat: Native Seed Starting

FASN/Nature Realm

But wait, There’s More

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What’s New

62nd Annual

Fall Hiking Spree

Hike eight trails September 1 through November 30 to earn rewards while exploring the parks!

What’s New

Three women hiking in the fall
Trail lines for the Chuckery Trail
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