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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
The Valley View Area
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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Eco-friendly Home & Gardens
Several people in a garden full of raised beds with grown plants.

Lil’ Sprouts

SLNC
Eco-friendly Home & Gardens
Several people in a garden full of raised beds with grown plants.

Kids in the Garden

SLNC
Educational
Tall grasses sway in the sunlight against a blurred background

Homegrown Habitat: Native Grasses

FASN/Visitors Center
Nature Education
A stone and grass path leads to the chiseled rock of Deep Lock Quarry.

Nature Saunter

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

Senior Cycling: Hand-Off Ride

TT/Mustill Store Trailhead
Nature Education
The exterior of Summit Lake Nature Center.

Date at the Lake

SLNC
Educational
the underside of an osprey with an open wingspan soaring through the blue sky holding a small branch

Osprey, Eagles and Purple Martins, Oh My!

NR/Lot SM2
Recreation
Several people sitting in kayaks on land with paddles in hand.

Intro to Kayaking

Summit Lake Nature Center
Recreation
Several people sitting in kayaks on land with paddles in hand.

Intro to Kayaking

Summit Lake Nature Center
Recreation
Several fishing poles, some with bobbers.

Gone Fishin’

F/Little Turtle Pond

But wait, There’s More

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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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