Firestone+Metro+Park

Also, see Akron South Birding Drive
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Summit County
=Firestone Metro Park= Coventry Oaks Area: 40 Axline Avenue Little Turtle Pond: 2400 Harrington Road Sled Hill Drop-off: 55 East Warner Road Tuscarawas Meadows Area: 2620 Harrington Road Warner Road Area: 200 East Warner Road Akron, Ohio 44319 Firestone Metro Park webpage Firestone Metro Park brochure and trail map

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Firestone Metro Park
Coordinates: 41.0180664, -81.5193024 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Firestone Metro Park
Dairy cows once grazed the hillsides of the area known today as Firestone Metro Park. In 1949, Metro Parks received a gift of 89 acres from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Acquisitions of nearby parcels expanded the park to 258 acres.

In 1956, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources completed construction of a nearby dam, intended to create a reservoir for industrial water needs. As the reservoir of the adjacent Firestone Golf Course filled, the water table rose downstream, forming the large wetland and marshy meadows of Firestone Metro Park. Along with the Tuscarawas River and Tuscarawas Race, which once channeled water to the Ohio & Erie Canal, the area is home to fish, crayfish, frogs, and turtles.

The meadows and forest shelter foxes, coyotes, raccoons, skunks, muskrats, rabbits, mice, voles, and moles, along with many beautiful summer and fall wildflowers. More than 175 bird species have been sighted in Firestone Metro Park, including various types of wrens, thrushes, warblers, woodpeckers, herons, and ducks. A number of different raptors –- including bald eagles -– have also been spotted. From Firestone Metro Park webpage



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