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Metro Parks
Serving Summit County
975 Treaty Line Road
Akron, Ohio 44313-5837
330-867-5511
F. A. Seiberling Nature Realm: 330-865-8065
Seasonal Information: 330-865-8060
Program Information: 330-865-8064
Volunteer Information: 330-865-8047
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F FIRESTONE FRIDAY:
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330-865-8065
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IN SEARCH OF ELUSIVE
GRASSLAND BIRDS
1 p.m., LP/Recreation
POND DIPPIN’
2 p.m., SC/Big Oak
RAINBARREL WORKSHOP
3 p.m., FASN/Visitors Center
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YOUNG BIRDERS:
ELUSIVE GRASSLAND BIRDS
1 p.m., LP/Recreation
INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY CAMPING
2 p.m., FASN/Visitors Center
(6/3)
THE COAL MINES OF SILVER CREEK
3 p.m., SC/Pheasant Run
19
SHIRTS TO DYE FOR
2 p.m., F/Tuscarawas Meadows
26
KIDS’ FISHING
10 a.m., F/Little Turtle Pond
NATURE REALM BOOK CLUB
2 p.m., FASN/Visitors Center
JUNE 2O
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 TOUR THE TOWPATH: PART 3
10 a.m., T/Clinton
BILLY CROWBEAK MEET CHEEKS, 11 - 12 p.m., T/Mustill 8
7 - 9 p.m. CONSERVATION EXPLORATION:
F/Tuscarawas Meadows WETMORE , 2 p.m., Wetmore Trailhead,
4653 Wetmore Rd., Peninsula %
(5/26)
TREES FROM IN THE SADDLE
2 p.m., Everett Road Covered Bridge,
2370 Everett Rd., Peninsula %
(5/28)
7 8 9 10 KINDEREALM: 11 RUN & WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
THE BEETLES 8 a.m. - 12 p.m., SC/Pheasant Run
EXPLORE THE FOREST MUSIC BY THE LAKE EXPLORE AKRON POPS ‘N MORE 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. wild4ever.com $
HABITAT: THE AWAKENING 5 - 8 p.m.
6:30 p.m. MF/Lake
HISTORY HIKE:
GLENDALE CEMETERY
7 - 8:30 p.m.
F/Coventry Oaks
FASN % (6/2)
EXTENDED HIKE, 9 a.m., SR/Shadowfield
11 a.m., Lock 3 Park, 200 S. FIRESTONE FRIDAY:
FASN/Seneca Deck INTRODUCTION TO CANOEING
Main St., Akron % (6/1)
ANIMALS IN THE MOONLIGHT
7 - 9 p.m. 10 a.m. & 1 p.m., SC/Boathouse (6/3) %
SUNSET WOOF HIKE F/Tuscarawas Meadows
4 More programs!
6 p.m., SC/Big Oak
% (5/17) $ EVENING HIKE
7:30 p.m., SC/Pheasant Run
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13 14 15 16 KINDEREALM: 17 BIKE THRU TIME 18
THE BEETLES 7 p.m., T/Manchester
NATURE FOR KIDS: KINDEREALM: THE BEETLES KINDEREALM: THE BEETLES 10:30 a.m., BIG BIRD DAY: CELEBRATE URBAN BIRDS
FIRESTONE FRIDAY:
SIGNS OF WILDLIFE
11 a.m., F/Coventry Oaks
10:30 a.m., GYH/Pavilion
% (6/2)
1 p.m., F/Coventry Oaks
% (6/2)
FR/Brushwood %
(6/2) PIE-IRON COOKING
10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., DLQ
CATCH OF THE DAY
NATURE FOR KIDS: 7 - 9 p.m., F/Tuscarawas
%
MEET CHEEKS
6 - 7 p.m., CVS/Overlook
WILDFLOWERS
11 a.m., LP/Recreation Area
Meadows %
(6/9) 1 p.m., SC/Boathouse
ASTRONOMY: EVENING PADDLES
8
CELEBRATE NATURE
THROUGH ART
SUMMER CONSTELLATIONS
9 - 11 p.m., SC/Bathhouse
6 & 7:30 p.m., SC/Boathouse % (6/10)
1 - 4 p.m., FR/Brushwood
20 21 NATURE FOR KIDS: 22 NATURE FOR KIDS: 23 NATURE FOR KIDS: 24 25
SIGNS OF WILDLIFE WILDFLOWERS AMPHIBIANS AND
NATURE FOR KIDS: 11 a.m., FR/Brushwood 11 a.m., SC/Bathhouse REPTILES HONEYBEE BUZZ EXPLORE PENINSULA
TREES 11 a.m., LP/Recreation 2 p.m., FASN/Visitors 11 a.m., DLQ
SUMMER SOLSTICE ON AFTER-DINNER HIKE:
11 a.m., F/Coventry Oaks MEET CHEEKS Center BUCKEYE MARTIN FESTIVAL
THE SENECA DECK FURNACE RUN HISTORY
7 to 9:30 p.m. 6 p.m., FR/Brushwood 6 - 7 p.m., T/Big Bend 8 FIRESTONE FRIDAY: 12 p.m., Kiwanis Civic Center,
RHYTHM CAMPFIRE 725 Portage Lakes Dr., Akron
FASN/Seneca Deck MASTER GARDENERS: EXPLORE AKRON:
RAIN BARRELS HISTORY HIKE
7 - 9 p.m.
MEET CHEEKS
6 - 7 p.m., GYH/Pioneer 8 7 p.m., FASN/Visitors 6:15 p.m., Lock 3 Park, 200 F/Tuscarawas Meadows
Center S. Main St., Akron % (6/13)
27 28 29 30 KEY
NATURE FOR KIDS: NATURE FOR KIDS: TREES NATURE FOR KIDS: BIRDS NATURE FOR KIDS:
AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES SIGNS OF WILDLIFE BH Bike & Hike Trail F Firestone MF Munroe Falls
11 a.m., FR/Brushwood 11 a.m. , SC/Bathhouse
11 a.m., F/Coventry Oaks 11 a.m., LP/Recreation CVN Cascade Valley/North FR Furnace Run ONW O’Neil Woods
SUMMIT LAKE CVS Cascade Valley/South G Gorge SR Sand Run
HISTORY HIKE DLQ Deep Lock Quarry GYH Goodyear Heights SC Silver Creek
11 a.m., T/Summit Lake FASN HH Hampton Hills SFB Springfield Bog
F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm LP Liberty Park T Towpath Trail
HOW’D THEY DO THAT?
2 p.m., FASN/Seneca Deck
% Registration required! (date) Registration start date $ Fee required
 JULY 2O
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
KEY 1 2
BH Bike & Hike Trail F Firestone MF Munroe Falls FIRESTONE FRIDAY: KIDS’ MICRO HIKE
CVN Cascade Valley/North
CVS Cascade Valley/South
FR Furnace Run
G Gorge
ONW O’Neil Woods
SR Sand Run
HOW BUGS ARE
GOOD FOR YOU
11 a.m., G/Main Entrance % (6/23)
7 - 9 p.m. POKER RUN FROM IN THE SADDLE
For more information: DLQ Deep Lock Quarry GYH Goodyear Heights SC Silver Creek
F/Tuscarawas Meadows 2 p.m., SC/Boathouse
330-865-8065 FASN HH Hampton Hills SFB Springfield Bog
F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm LP Liberty Park T Towpath Trail
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FOURTH OF JULY CAMPFIRE BUTTERFLY WALK MUSIC BY THE LAKE NATURE FOR KIDS: BUGS NATURE FOR KIDS: BIRDS STROLLER WALK: PICNIC TOUR THE TOWPATH: PART 4
7:30 p.m., FASN/Campfire 1 p.m., FASN 5 - 8 p.m., MF/Lake 11 a.m., SC/Bathhouse 11 a.m., LP/Recreation 11 a.m., FASN/Seneca Deck 8 a.m., T/Mustill $2
STOP THE INVASION FIRESTONE FRIDAY: EXTENDED HIKE
11 a.m., ONW/Trail Lot HOBO CAMPFIRE 9 a.m., FASN
7 - 9 p.m., F/Tuscarawas
POPS ‘N MORE DRAGON HUNT
Meadows
7 - 8:30 p.m., F/Coventry 10:30 a.m., MF/Tallmadge Meadows
Oaks

10 11 12 13 EXPLORE AKRON 14 15 LIGHTING OF THE 16 DEEP LOCK QUARRY HOBO DAYS

HISTORY HIKE HOBO CAMPFIRE 9 a.m. - 10 p.m., DLQ
KIDS’ FISHING, 10 a.m., F/Little Turtle NATURE FOR KIDS: KINDEREALM: 11 a.m., Lock 3 Park, 200 S. NATURE FOR KIDS: BUGS 7 p.m., DLQ WILDLIFE REHABILITATION: MEDINA
IN SEARCH OF ELUSIVE
GRASSLAND BIRDS, 1 p.m., SFB
WILDFLOWERS
11 a.m., F/Coventry Oaks
LIGHTNING BUGS
10:30 a.m., GYH/Pavilion
Main St., Akron % (7/6) 11 a.m., LP/Recreation
FIRESTONE FRIDAY: RAPTOR CENTER
NATURE FOR KIDS: TREES KINDEREALM: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., FASN/Seneca Deck
CONSERVATION EXPLORATION:
% (7/7)
11 a.m., SC/Bathhouse LIGHTNING BUGS
KATHY JOHNSON
7 - 9 p.m. THE BIG TOUR
CELEBRATE NATURE 7 p.m., FR/Brushwood
RIDING RUN
3 p.m., Riding Run Conservation Area THROUGH ART KINDEREALM:
LIGHTNING BUGS % (7/7)
F/Tuscarawas Meadows 1 p.m., LP/Recreation
(7/8)
MOONLIGHT BIKE RIDE COLD-BLOODED TREASURE HUNT
%
(Everett Road Covered Bridge), 2370 1 - 4 p.m.
1 p.m., F/Coventry Oaks 8 p.m., T/Big Bend
GYH/Alder Pond 2 p.m., FASN
Everett Rd., Peninsula % (7/1) % (7/7)
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
DEEP LOCK QUARRY HOBO DAYS NATURE FOR KIDS: NATURE FOR KIDS: NATURE FOR KIDS: TREES FIRESTONE FRIDAY: KINDEREALM KAMPFIRE: LIGHTNING BUGS
11 a.m. - 1 p.m., DLQ WILDFLOWERS SIGNS OF WILDLIFE 11 a.m., LP/Recreation NATURE CARTOONING 7 p.m., FASN/Campfire
11 a.m., FR/Brushwood 11 a.m., SC/Bathhouse 7 p.m., F/Tuscarawas
YOUNG BIRDERS: WETLAND NESTERS EXPLORE AKRON Meadows
1 p.m., GYH/Pioneer HEALTHY HIKE ON AFTER-DINNER HIKE HISTORY HIKE:
DOGWOOD TRAIL 6 p.m., HH/Main Entrance GLENDALE CEMETERY ASTRONOMY: SUMMER
6 p.m., SR/Shadowfield 6:15 p.m., Lock 3 Park, CONSTELLATIONS
1200 S. Main St., Akron 9 - 11 p.m., SC/Bathhouse
% (7/4)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
A HOPPING GOOD TIME FOR KIDS NATURE FOR KIDS: BUGS NATURE FOR KIDS: CRAZY FOR COMPASSES HIKE AND KNIT WAKEUP CALL
2 p.m., FASN/Visitors Center 11 a.m., F/Coventry Oaks AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES 2 p.m., F/Little Turtle 6 p.m., F/Coventry Oaks 8 a.m., CVS/Oxbow
11 a.m., FR/Brushwood
MASTER GARDENERS: HISTORY HIKE: 90TH ANNIVERSARY
31 NATURE REALM BOOK CLUB HOSTAS 1 p.m., FR/Daffodil
2 p.m., FASN/Visitors Center 7 p.m., FASN/Visitors
STREAM SPLASH Center EVENING PADDLES
2 p.m., FR/Brushwood 6 & 7:30 p.m., SC/Boathouse % (7/21)
 AUGUST 2O
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 A NATURALIST’S UTOPIA:
POND BROOK SOUTH
NATURE FOR KIDS: BIRDS NATURE FOR KIDS: BUGS DOG DAYS OF SUMMER CELEBRATE NATURE
11 a.m., F/Coventry Oaks 11 a.m., FR/Brushwood 2 p.m., FR/Brushwood THROUGH ART
FREEWHEELIN’ FRIDAY
10 a.m., BH/SR 303
10:30 a.m., LP/Pond Brook % (7/28)
1 - 4 p.m., FASN/Seneca BIKE METRO PARKS:
CALLING ALL WATER TOWPATH INTO AKRON, 11 a.m., T/Botzum $
Deck
For more information: BUGS NATURE GAMES FROM IN THE SADDLE
6 p.m., BH/SR 91 2 p.m., SC/Boathouse
330-865-8065
summitmetroparks.org STINKY SOCK HIKE
6 p.m., FASN/Seneca Deck

7 8 9 10 11 12 FIRESTONE FRIDAY: 13
BILLY CROWBEAK
NATURE’S TREASURES NATURE FOR KIDS: BIRDS EXPLORE AKRON POPS ‘N MORE 7 - 9 p.m. EXTENDED HIKE
2 p.m., SC/Pheasant Run 11 a.m., FR/Brushwood HISTORY HIKE 7 - 8:30 p.m. F/Tuscarawas Meadows 9 a.m., F/Tuscarawas Meadows
SUNDAY SUMMER CONCERT: MUSIC BY THE LAKE 11 a.m., Lock 3 Park, F/Coventry Oaks WHAT’S HOPP’NING AT HAMPTON HILLS
200 S. Main St., Akron BIKE THRU TIME
BRIAN HENKE 5 - 8 p.m., MF/Lake 2 p.m., HH/Main Entrance
7 p.m., T/Botzum
5:30 p.m., FASN/Onondaga Deck % (8/4)
ASTRONOMY: PERSEID MOONLIGHT BIKE RIDE
AN EVENING ON THE TOWPATH AFTER-DINNER HIKE METEOR SHOWER 7 p.m., T/Clinton
6 p.m., T/Vanderhoof 6 p.m., ONW/Trail Lot 9 - 11 p.m., SC/Bathhouse

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SUNDAY SUMMER CONCERT: EXPLORE THE FOREST KINDEREALM: KINDEREALM: EXPLORE AKRON: KINDEREALM: KIDS’ FISHING 10 a.m., F/Little Turtle
GALGOZY AND ZELENY HABITAT: PEAK ACTIVITY PRAYING MANTIS PRAYING MANTIS HISTORY HIKE PRAYING MANTIS
SPRINGFIELD BOG SEARCH
5:30 p.m., FASN/Onondaga Deck 6:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m., GYH/Pavilion 1 p.m., F/Coventry Oaks 6:15 p.m., Lock 3 Park, 10:30 a.m., FASN % (8/11) 10:30 a.m., SFB
FASN/Seneca Deck % (8/11) % (8/11) 200 S. Main St., Akron FIRESTONE FRIDAY:
THE BEE’S KNEES % (8/10) MCDONALD & YEAGER
KINDEREALM: PRAYING MANTIS
7 p.m. 7 - 9 p.m. 10:30 a.m., FASN %
(8/11)
MF/Tallmadge Meadows F/Tuscarawas Meadows 3 More programs!
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21 22 23 24 25 26 27 A NATURALIST’S UTOPIA:
POND BROOK SOUTH
YOUNG BIRDERS: THRUSHES
1 p.m., FASN/Seneca Deck
MASTER GARDENERS:
PRESERVE YOUR HARVEST
KINDEREALM:
PRAYING MANTIS
FIRESTONE FRIDAY:
CHUCKWAGON COOKING
10:30 a.m., LP/Pond Brook % (8/18)
7 p.m. 10:30 a.m., FR/Brushwood 7 - 9 p.m. BEES FOR KIDS, 2 p.m., FASN/Visitors Center
NATURE REALM BOOK CLUB
3 p.m., FASN/Visitors Center
FASN/Visitors Center % (8/11) F/Tuscarawas Meadows NATURE’S NOISE MAKERS
7 p.m., SC/Pheasant Run
SUNDAY SUMMER CONCERT:
SMOKIN’ FEZ MONKEYS EVENING PADDLES
5:30 p.m., FASN/Onondaga Deck 6 & 7:30 p.m., SC/Boathouse % (8/19)
28 48th ANNUAL HIKING SPREE 29 30 31 KEY
KICKOFF, 12 - 3 p.m., CVS/Chuckery
INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY CAMPING BH Bike & Hike Trail F Firestone MF Munroe Falls

%
2 p.m., FASN/Visitors Center (8/19) CVN Cascade Valley/North
CVS Cascade Valley/South
FR Furnace Run
G Gorge
ONW O’Neil Woods
SR Sand Run
CATCH OF THE DAY DLQ Deep Lock Quarry GYH Goodyear Heights SC Silver Creek
2 p.m., G/Main Entrance FASN HH Hampton Hills SFB Springfield Bog
SUNDAY SUMMER CONCERT: F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm LP Liberty Park T Towpath Trail
STEVE MADEWELL
5:30 p.m., FASN/Onondaga Deck % Registration required! (date) Registration start date $ Fee required