The Mill Creek Metropolitan Park District preserves open spaces within the urbanized Mahoning Valley. Mill Creek Park encompasses approximately 2,600 acres, 20 miles of drives, and 15 miles of foot trails, and a rare collection of gardens, streams, lakes, woodlands, meadows and wildlife for all to enjoy. Visitors will find a wide range of recreational opportunities such as hiking, biking, picnicking, boating, Par-3, or championship golf, tennis, sand volleyball and more. Many of the facilities can be found at the James L. Wick, Jr. Recreation Area. Universally accessible trails, fishing pier, playground and picnic areas are located throughout the Park. Cabins and pavilions for group events are available for rental year-round.

Fellows Riverside Gardens - This eleven-acre living museum, funded by a very generous bequest of the late Mrs. Elizabeth A. Fellows, began with its first plantings in 1963. The Gardens include labeled displays of roses, tulips, chrysanthemums, herbs, trees, evergreens, dwarf conifers, rhododendrons, annuals, and perennials. The D.D. and Velma Davis Education & Visitor Center is located in Fellows Riverside Gardens. This magnificent facility includes meeting and exhibit spaces, classrooms, a gallery, an auditorium and a banquet hall available for rental, a horticultural library, a historical museum, a café, a gift shop, and an observation tower with a breathtaking view of Lake Glacier. Other features in the Gardens include two flagstone terraces, a lovely reflecting fountain pool, the beautiful Victorian-styled Gazebo, and the Kidston Pavilion overlooking Lake Glacier. The Kidston Pavilion and Gazebo are available by permit for weddings ceremonies. Educational opportunities such as guided school and group tours, horticulture classes for children and adults, specialty plant sales, horticulture shows, and outreach programs to local schools and senior centers are all available at Fellows Riverside Gardens.

Lanterman's Mill, restored through a gift from the Ward and Florence Beecher Foundations, represents one of the many pioneer industries developed along Mill Creek and operates today, as it did in the 1800's, grinding corn, wheat, buckwheat, and oats. The nearby Gorge Trail offers a dramatic peek into the area's geological history. The Ford Nature Education Center is staffed year-round with naturalists ready to enlighten visitors on the natural environment through permanent exhibits, traveling programs and nature hikes. The Pioneer Pavilion, The Old Log Cabin, and the Bears Den Cabin are restored facilities located in Mill Creek and are available throughout the year for renting. The MetroParks Farm in Canfield gives visitors an insight into our food chain, and Yellow Creek Park in Struthers offers a smaller but no less beautiful version of the Mill Creek Gorge as well as educational and recreational programming. The Vickers Nature Preserve in Ellsworth offers extensive hiking trails through meadow and early-succession forest as well as the Buckeye Horse Park. The Newport Wetlands observation area and the McGuffey Wildlife Preserve also offer additional locations of interest. The MetroParks offers a variety of activities for all ages throughout the year. See our MetroParks Calendar to view the monthly schedule. Educational programs for the classroom are offered through many of the MetroParks facilities. The Teachers' Guide provides a comprehensive listing of these programs. For information concerning attractions, special events, pavilion rental, or weddings call the Park District office at (330) 702-3000 or write to: Mill Creek Metropolitan Park District, P.O. Box 596, Canfield, OH 44406-0596.