Are you ready to get outside?

Metro Parks are ideal places to help you feel one with nature. You can take a stroll on more than 270 miles of trails, enjoy more active pursuits such as biking, canoeing, hiking, and even bring your leashed pet for a leisurely walk in the woods. There are nature centers, natural play areas, picnic shelters, fishing places, even a climbing wall and via ferrata. Come explore, it’s your nature!

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Behind the Parks: Meet Bennett at Glacier Ridge

Bennett Wadsworth Park Ranger, Glacier Rodge Bennett Wadsworth is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me My mom was heavily pregnant with me and wanted to visit family in …Read More

A New Place to Play: Great Southern Metro Park Opens April 1

LIZ CHRISTIAN Social Media & Marketing Specialist UPDATE Wednesday April 1, 2026 was a great day in the life of Metro Parks. With the opening of Great Southern, there are …Read More

A Spring Symphony of Amphibians

GABBY POWER Environmental Educator, Inniswood It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That’s right, springtime! Nothing quite compares to the sights and sounds of spring as the earth comes …Read More

Tim Talks: Rangers help keep parks clean and safe

In our latest Tim Talks video we took a closer look at our park rangers and the way they focus on keeping parks clean and safe for our millions of …Read More

Get Outside, It’s Your Nature!