Petros Lake Park

Lake with clouds reflecting off of waterPicnic, play, hike, and fish on 127 acres of water and rolling meadows at Petros Lake Park! You’ll find the reservable Lakeview and Woodland picnic shelters, a loop trail around the lake, and several short nature trails. Both shelters include picnic tables, grills, electricity, and horseshoe courts.  The park is also home to a one-mile Mindfulness Walk with ten mental health stations along the route.

In the open prairie landscape you may see grey headed cone flowers and black-eyed susans in bloom. Along the trails you’ll be shaded by large hardwood trees such as shagbark hickory, red oak, black oak, black cherry, and hawthorn.

Named for the family on whose land it was built, Petros Lake was designed to funnel rain water away from the nearby Metallus Faircrest Steel Plant. The area opened as a park in 1987.

Fishing and carry-in boats are permitted, but ice fishing and skating are not permitted due to unstable ice conditions.

The Petros Lake Loop Trail has been adopted by Marathon Petroleum, the company sponsors cleanup projects along the trail throughout the year.

Photo Gallery

Sand in barrel with rakes attached and sign next to it
Mindfulness Walk Station
Trail traveling through brush and trees
Petros Lake Park Loop Trail traveling above the lake. 
snow on trees and trail
Petros Lake Park Loop Trail with snow

Trails ()

  • Bluebird Trail

    Trail Length: .50 mile

    The Bluebird Trail travels .50 mile mowed grass trail provides a scenic field setting dotted with benches and is a designated "no mow" area for wildlife. Nest boxes along the trail are frequented by bluebirds and tree swallows as they feed on insects during flight.

    Bluebird-Trail cutting through grass

  • Hickory Trail

    Trail Length: .30 mile

    The Hickory Trail is a .30 mile loop where the Mindfulness Walk begins near the Woodland Shelter on the right as you drive through the park.  Enjoy the shade and rustling leaves under a canopy of hardwood trees along this short natural surface trail.

    Hickory-Trail-at-Petros-Lake-Park

  • Meadow Trail

    Trail Length: .80 mile

    The Meadow Trail is .80 mile mowed grass trail through a grassland area near the corner of Navarre Rd. and Perry Dr.  Warm season grasses and wildflowers have been planted in the last few years along with a large removal of invasive species.  

  • Mindfulness Walk

    Trail Length: 1.10 mile

    In conjunction with Stark Mental Health Addiction & Recovery (StarkMHAR), travel on several surface types and through different habitats while offering activities related to mental health and self-care.

    Ten stations promote relaxation, focus and awareness, reflection, and embracing the present moment. Examples include a zen sand garden, a musical instrument, stacking stones, and a labyrinth.  The trail is dedicated to Robert A. Fonte, the second Park Director at Stark Parks from 1994 to 2022, for his years of leadership and public service to Stark County.

    Sand in barrel with rakes attached and sign next to it

  • Petros Lake Park Loop Trail

    Trail Length: 1.20 miles

    Petros Lake Loop Trail is a crushed limestone trail that is 1.20 miles in length looping around the 13-acre Petros Lake. Gold finches and bluebirds fly all around this area while several wildflower plantings and wildlife food plots attract a variety of butterflies.

    Hiker on limestone trail