Mother Nature provided a great opportunity for Mill Creek MetroParks to allow ice skating on the Lily Pond on Saturday. However, due to the warmer temperatures over the past 24 hours, MetroParks officials have decided to close the Lily Pond to skaters until further notice. The safety of our visitors is of the utmost importance,… Continue Reading Mill Creek MetroParks’ Lily Pond closed for skating until further notice
Mill Creek MetroParks’ Police and Recreation Departments will hold Cabin Fever Fest at Wick Recreation Area on Saturday, February 1 at noon. Outdoor winter games, activities and sledding on Sled Hill will take place throughout the event. Inside the Warming House, the Chili Cook-Off and children’s crafts will begin at noon. The public can taste… Continue Reading Mill Creek MetroParks to hold Cabin Fever Fest
While most may be anxiously looking forward to spring, Mother Nature’s recent unseasonably cold temperatures have given Mill Creek MetroParks a unique opportunity. For the first time since 1990, bodies of water in the MetroParks have frozen to the thickness safe enough to allow Mill Creek MetroParks to provide an outdoor skating experience to visitors.… Continue Reading Mill Creek MetroParks to hold “Super” weekend of events
Mill Creek Park Foundation will recognize honorees at Award Celebration The Mill Creek Park Foundation will honor Nancy & Bruce Beeghly and D.D. and Velma Davis/The Davis Foundation for their dedication to Mill Creek MetroParks at the Volney Rogers Legacy Award Celebration. Mr. & Mrs. Beeghly and Mr. & Mrs. Davis will be recognized during… Continue Reading Nancy & Bruce Beeghly, D.D. & Velma Davis to be honored with Volney Rogers Legacy Award
Activities to include Chili Cook-Off, winter games and activities Mill Creek MetroParks’ Police and Recreation Departments will hold Cabin Fever Fest at Wick Recreation Area on Saturday, February 1 at noon. Outdoor winter games, activities and sledding on Sled Hill will take place throughout the event. Inside the Warming House, the Chili Cook-Off and children’s… Continue Reading Mill Creek MetroParks to hold Cabin Fever Fest
Due to the dangerously low temperatures and wind chill, Mill Creek MetroParks is officially closing Sled Hill and the Warming House at the Wick Recreation Area (on the corner of McCollum Road and Belle Vista). Sled Hill, along with the Warming House is closed Monday, January 6 and Tuesday, January 7.
Dennis Miller, Executive Director of Mill Creek MetroParks, is pleased to announce that two Board of Park Commissioners Dr. Robert J. Durick and Mrs. Valencia Marrow were recommissioned by Honorable Judge Mark A. Belinky, Mahoning County Probate Court Judge. Durick and Marrow were sworn in during a ceremony on January 3 for a term of… Continue Reading Two Mill Creek MetroParks Board of Park Commissioners – Recommissioned by Probate Judge
Winter weather conditions are perfect to take your family to Mill Creek MetroParks’ Wick Recreation Area (intersection of Belle Vista and McCollum Rd). Sled Hill is open daily, weather permitting, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. This popular sledding hill is lighted and features an outdoor fire pit next to the Thomas J. Bresko Pavilion.… Continue Reading The Weather Forecast Calls for Enjoying the Great Outdoors
Dennis Miller and Samantha Villella of the Mill Creek MetroParks visited to discuss their new logo and website, explain the intricacies of golf to Louie b. Free, and talk about their new fiscal plan and community events for the coming year. View videos at: http://www.vindy.com/videos/sets/2013/dec/06/mill-creek-metroparks/
Read an article about the MetroMutts Jingle Hike here: http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/dec/09/a-wintry-walk-in-the-park/