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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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The Valley View Area
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Trail lines
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Programs & Events

Immersive, nature-based fun for all ages!  

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Nature Education
Close-up of a brown toad with bumpy skin sitting on a sunlit dirt surface

Self-Guided Story Trail: Toad

FR/Brushwood Area
Nature Education

Kinderealm: Marvelous Migration

FASN/Visitors Center
Nature Education
Water flowing over a rocky creek bed.

Beyond the Summit: Urban Impacts on Streams

SLNC
Nature Education
A book laying open in a field of grass.

Book Club: Bicycling with Butterflies

FASN/Visitors Center
Educational

Self-Guided: Awaiting Warblers

WH/Downy Loop Trail
Recreation
An indoor archery target with several arrows sticking out.

Archery Games

F/Coventry Oaks Lodge
Recreation
An indoor archery target with several arrows sticking out.

Archery Games

F/Coventry Oaks Lodge
Nature Education
Small green frog resting on green aquatic plants in a dark, shallow pond environment.

Friday Night Frogs

SR/Big Bend Area
Nature Education
A common loon with black-and-white plumage and red eyes swims on a lake, holding a freshly caught fish in its beak

Waterfowl Walk

SLNC
Nature Education
Bright orange and black bird perched on a leafy tree branch in a sunlit forest.

Bird Nerds: Baltimore Oriole

FASN/Nature Realm

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What’s New

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Mother’s Day 5K

Run, jog or walk in honor of mom or the mother figure in your life!

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Strategic Plan

Learn more about the park district’s 100-year vision and goals for the next five years.

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What’s New

A family poses for a group photo at the 2024 Mother's Day 5K.
Three women walking along a trail with a barn-like structure in the background.
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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