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.

Towpath Trail in the summer
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Trail lines
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Programs & Events

Immersive, nature-based fun for all ages!  

Art
A woman in a foldable outdoor chair sketches on a notepad.

Drawing Outdoors

LP/Nature Center
Recreation
A women prepares to shoot a bow and arrow at an archery range.

Intro to Archery

LP/Tinkers Creek Area
Recreation
A women prepares to shoot a bow and arrow at an archery range.

Intro to Archery

LP/Tinkers Creek Area
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
Eco-friendly Home & Gardens
Three tomatoes growing off of a tomato plant.

Good Garden Talks: Pruning and Disease Management

Lover’s Lane Community Garden
Art
A pile of different colored embroidery thread.

Let’s Get Crafty: Nature Embroidery

FASN/Nature Realm
Nature Education
Several hundred fireflies light up the dark sky above a prairie.

Firefly Fireworks

MF/Tallmadge Meadows Area
Nature Education

Reptiles of Summit Metro Parks

LP/Nature Center
Nature Education

Self-Guided Story Trail: Some Bugs

DLQ/Quarry Trail

But wait, There’s More

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What’s New

22nd annual

Spree for All

Enjoy accessible, easy trails during our award-winning spring hiking spree!

Join us for

Music by the Lake

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

Explore

Summer Recreation

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

What’s New

A family of five walk along a limestone path by a pond.
A man conducts a band outside as people sitting in lawn chairs watch.
Trail lines for the Chuckery Trail
Trail lines