Join us for the second Cabin Fever Hike event in 2020............ scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 9th , 1pm-3pm. All ages welcome!

Register between 1:00pm – 3:00pm at the St. Marys Utilities Building, located at 106 East Spring Street in St. Marys. This will be a healthy, fun, and free 5K hike for the whole family, with refreshments and Dannon yogurt provided to participants.
Bring your Valentine and enjoy the winter wonders of the Miami and Erie Canal. Hike for your health!

This 5k hike is sponsored by Heritage Trails Park District and United Way of Auglaize County.

Join Heritage Trails Park District on Sunday, March 8th for our 2020 Spring Forward Cabin Fever hike along the Miami Erie Canal!

Earn 'Road to Fitness' points and enjoy free Dannon yogurt. Bring the whole family! Pets on a leash are welcome as well.

Meet at Noble Township Hall, located at 16586 CR 66A (also known as Brewer Rd.) just north of St. Marys from 1pm-3pm and see the first signs of spring along the towpath... Hope to see you all there!

Join Heritage Trails Park District on Sunday, April 19th for our April Showers 5k hike along the Miami Erie Canal!

Earn 'Road to Fitness' points and enjoy complimentary Dannon yogurt. Bring the whole family! Pets on a leash are welcome as well.

Meet at Noble Township Hall, located at 16586 CR 66A (also known as Brewer Rd.) just north of St. Marys from 1pm-3pm. Hope to see you all there! This will be our last 5k in the 2020 Cabin Fever Hike Series, so don't miss it!

Join us at the Dr. Elizabeth Yahl - Kuffner Nature Preserve for a 2020 Spring Wildflower hike!

Co-sponsored by Heritage Trails Park District and the Tri-Moraine Audubon Society, Park Commissioner Allison Brady and Naturalist Dan Hodges will help identify and interpret the numerous signs of springtime within this wooded area. Kuffner Nature Preserve is a terrific habitat for Ohio's native wildflowers, and the scenery changes with each passing week of spring! Trail surface is level & can be navigated by all ages. Bring your field guides, camera & binoculars for this fun & free family hike! 

See you all at Kuffner Nature Preserve, April 25th at 1:30pm.

Join us on May 13th from 6pm-7:30pm for our annual Gardeners' Swap & Share program!

Sponsored by Heritage Trails Park District and the St. Marys Community Public Library, this program is free and open to the public. Bring your seedlings, starts, divisions, bulbs, and seeds to trade with other participants! This is a great way to thin out some of your plants or bulbs that have multiplied over the years, and get some new varieties in your flower beds & gardens.

ArtsPlace will be supplying a kids' craft project, so bring the whole family! You might even win a door prize from a local business! Mark your calendars and we will see you at the St. Marys Community Public Library on the evening of May 13th!

On Sunday, October 18, 2020 the 51st  Annual Walk with Nature & Fall Festival will be held at Memorial Park in St Marys from 12noon-5pm…

Enjoy a stroll along the beautiful Miami Erie Canal........The “Walk with Nature” is a pleasant, level walk along the Towpath of the Canal and can begin or end at several points. Buses are available for transport to and from starting and stopping points. This towpath 5k hike extends north from St. Marys, Memorial Park to 40 acre pond and on to Lock 14. Then return to Memorial Park and listen to some great free live music, Arts & Craft show & Farmers Market, fun fall youth activities, Girty’s Town Rendezvous & Civil War Re-Enactor’s, Car Show..lots of various vendors, and so much more fall family fun!

Also, Grand Lake Health Systems invites you to get on the “Road to Fitness” and earn 10 to 20 points for the GLHS Fitness Challenge.