Hampton+Hills+Metro+Park

Also, see Cuyahoga River-Lower Important Bird Area and Akron North Birding Drive
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Summit County
=Hampton Hills Metro Park= Main Entrance: 2925 Akron-Peninsula Road Mountain Bike Area: 2092 Theiss Road Akron, Ohio 44313 Play Field: 1940 W. Steels Corners Road Top O' the World: 1285 Bath Road Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221 Hampton Hills Metro Park webpage Hampton HIlls Metro Park brochure and map

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Hampton Hills Metro Park
Coordinates: 41.166875, -81.5657144 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hampton Hills Mountain Bike Area
Coordinates: 41.1500529, -81.5533327 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Hampton Hills Metro Park
In 1964 the City of Akron needed flat land on which to build a water tower. It leased 116 acres of woods and ravines to Metro Parks in exchange for land within Goodyear Heights Metro Park. Three years later, Rhea H. and E. Reginald Adam donated 162 acres of adjacent farmland to Metro Parks, and the 278-acre Hampton Hills Metro Park was born. In 2010, the park district signed a lease for the adjacent Hardy Road landfill, bringing the park to its current size of 655 acres.

More than 10,000 years ago, glaciers retreated from Northeast Ohio, carving ravines and valleys. The glacially-formed Adam Run Valley is home to an unusual plant called rush, which lines the banks of the stream. Along the trails, oak, elm, sycamore, and black walnut trees provide habitat for a variety of birds and other wildlife. A grove of white pine, planted by Girl Scouts in the late 1960s, offers visitors a cool, scented respite.

Today, at the Top O' the World Area, open fields contain milkwort, ironweed, Queen Anne's lace, goldenrods, and asters. Bluebird boxes, which are monitored by volunteers, rise above the meadow grasses. Each summer, bluebirds sit perched atop the nest boxes, watching for their insect prey. Other notable bird species include woodcocks, wild turkeys, and large birds of prey like red-tailed hawks. The hawks can be seen soaring above the meadows as they hunt for small voles and mice. From Hampton Hills Metro Park webpage



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