Join Stark Parks and the Quail Hollow Volunteer Association for this holiday delight at Quail Hollow Park with decorated trees, lights, and festive music. Stop inside the beautifully decorated Stewart… More

• christmas
• decorations
• Holiday
• lights
• manor house
• pictures
• quail hollow
• Santa
• santaphotos
• shopping
• wildlife

Stark Parks celebrated volunteer accomplishments in 2023 at the annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner at the Exploration Gateway at Sippo Lake Park earlier this month. Through September, over 14,000 volunteer hours… More

• community
• conservation
• event
• get your park on
• give back
• stark county
• Volunteer
• volunteers
• wildlife
• wildlife conservation

A new Stark Parks logo is being debuted to better reflect the park mission and create more consistency throughout the organization. The last true redesign occurred over 25 years ago when… More

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• FeLeap
• logo
• mascot
• oak

Hike your way through the changing colors of Stark Parks as you check off your 2023 Stark Exploring passport. The annual Stark Exploring challenge runs from September 1st to December… More

• exploring
• fall
• hiking
• parks and trails
• walking

Beginning in March 2023, Stark Parks crews will begin preparing areas at Tam O'Shanter Park for parking lot and driveway updates including removing and relocating trees and vegetation. Construction will… More

• conservation
• habitat
• nature
• tam o shanter
• Volunteer
• wildlife

Think there's not much to see on the trail? Think again and look around! Enhance your park experience by learning how to identify trees no matter the season. The IdentiTree… More

• backyard
• fall
• identification
• nature
• spring
• summer
• trees
• wildlife

  Make the most of the shortest day of the year and ring in the winter season with a Winter Hike-a-Thon! On December 21, 2023, choose Stark Parks for your… More

• adventure
• event
• explore
• hiking
• Holiday
• parks and trails
• season
• stark county
• take time to take it in
• winter

Geocaching is a great way to explore Stark Parks year-round! Find the hidden caches at different park locations and collect 12 out of 15 code words to win a unique… More

• challenge
• geocache
• parks and trails

Humble Beginnings (1960s and 1970s) The year was 1967. Although Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources had been established 18 years before in 1949, it was three years before the establishment… More

• 50 ways
• adventure
• anniversary
• community
• development
• FeLeap
• get your park on
• history
• parks and trails
• stark county
• volunteers
• wildlife conservation