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Mill Creek MetroParks offers over 4,400 acres of beautiful park land throughout Mahoning County, Ohio. Visitors can take a leisurely walk through a magnificent formal gardens and visitor center, tour a historic grist mill, experience a 400-acre working farm, tee off on a championship golf course, participate in a class, attend a special event, view natural habitats with abundant wildlife, or just enjoy the many scenic vistas parkwide.

Recreation opportunities include hiking, biking, boating, fishing, golf, tennis, volleyball, picnicking, cross country skiing, sledding, and much more.

Visit Mill Creek MetroParks and discover endless ways to spend an afternoon, a day, or a lifetime exploring the secrets of nature and experiencing the rewards of healthy activities with family and friends.

University of Akron is located in a metropolitan setting that places you in the heart of a dynamic, regional economy, and in sync with the pulse of business, government and the community. Most important, here you will discover energy, in the high-tech classrooms of our new academic buildings, in our new Student Union and Student Recreation and Wellness Center, and among the 200 student organizations on campus.

As one of Ohio’s top universities, Kent State offers the resources and facilities of a large university with the friendly, casual atmosphere of a liberal arts college.

An independent Catholic university, Walsh has outstanding academic facilities, chapel and residence halls, a new health and wellness complex, and unique programs in areas such as bioinformatics and museum studies, students have a wide variety of options to make their mark at Walsh University.

The Akron Zoo, located on 50 acres just west of downtown, is one of only 223 accredited world conservation zoos by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). As an AZA member, your Akron Zoo participates in breeding programs to save endangered species.

When you visit the zoo, you'll come nose-to-nose with more than 700 animals, including endangered Humboldt penguins, snow leopards, Sumatran tigers, jaguars, jellyfish and Komodo dragons.

Open daily from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.

500 Edgewood Avenue / Akron, OH 44307 / Phone: 330-375-2550