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Alder Trail at Goodyear Heights Metro Park
rendering that depicts the Freedom Trail connection point to the Portage Hike & Bike Trail at Middlebury Road

Bridging the gap: Freedom Trail Middlebury connection

The new connection between Freedom Trail and Portage Hike & Bike Trail creates a safe route for continuous biking and hiking.

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An older person walks with a cane while another adult assists a young child using a pediatric walker along a paved forest trail, surrounded by tall green trees

Enjoy flat, easy trails during 22nd annual Spree for All

Summit Metro Parks invites visitors to participate in Spree for All, an activity for people of all abilities, May 1 through June 30!

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A black and white photo of parents hiking with their two kids. Both parents and their son are carrying hiking staffs.

Heritage Hikers: The rest of the story

Christy Counterman, Marketing AssistantFall Hiking Spree hikers, November 1972If you are old enough to be a Heritage Hiker (one . . .
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A Fall Hiking Spree form from 1966 is adorned with the Metropolitan Parks shield and signed by Naturalist Bert Szabo and Director-Secretary John Daily.

Original Hikers lead the way

Bill Barnes’ 1966 Fall Hiking Spree Form. In September 1964, the Akron Metropolitan Park District’s Green Islands newsletter . . .
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A family of three, a mom, dad and son, walking along a trail during autumn.

SMP Employee Spotlight: Jerry Harris

Jerry Harris, assistant park manager of Greenways at Summit Metro Parks, has been with the park district since . . .
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