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Alder Trail at Goodyear Heights Metro Park
People running and walking on a sunny day with green trees in the background

Celebrate mom at the Mother’s Day 5K

Family-friendly 5K supports Summit Metro Parks Foundation Run, jog or walk to celebrate the mother figure in your . . .
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cartoon with yellow, green, and brown hues of a person walking out of a treehouse with oversize plants surrounding them with a yellow sky in the background

Summit Metro Parks Foundation brings Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Akron

A scene from "A Small Garden by the Window," one of the films showing at the Wild & . . .
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SMP's Model AA truck on display at Goodyear Heights Metro Park during Truck-or-Treat event

1928 Model AA truck hits the road again with Summit Metro Parks

Thanks to the generosity of Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum and Summit Metro Parks Foundation, the park district’s 1928 Model AA has been restored.

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The understory

Hidden beneath the easy-to-notice fall colors in our woodlands is an underappreciated layer of forest. If you know . . .
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Marilyn Buckey - her head tipped back in laughter - and Mike Johnson, chief of conservation - smiling at Marilyn - share a moment at the Robert A. & Jean C. Meyers Conservation Area to celebrate the success of everyone’s effort to help fulfill SMP’s mission to preserve and conserve our natural resources.

Marilyn Buckey and the Tiny Endangered Fish She Helped Save

Fish that were nearly extinct are now thriving at an SMP conservation area, thanks to Marilyn Buckey and conservation organizations. Find out how.

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