Visit Family-Friendly Events At Local Parks On MLK Day

Parents who need something to do with their kids on Martin Luther King Jr. Day have a trio of options from Lake Metroparks and the National Park Service.

Kids can learn about life on the farm during Farmpark's Discovery Day, including cow milking, roping, making ice cream and stone soup, meeting newborn calves, piglets and sheep, and more.

Children can also snowshoe, if weather permits, and decorate cookies.

Discovery Days at Lake Metroparks Farmpark are free for kids who are 11 and younger. Admission is $6 for everyone else, except those who are 60 and older who only pay $5.

Meanwhile, at Penitentiary Glen, kids can enjoy a Fun Day Monday.

The park will host a scavenger hunt and a campfire marshmallow roast.

Kids can also enjoy seven miles of trails, snowshoe, make a craft and learn more about local wildlife at the Nature Center.

Fun Day is free for all visitors.

For more information, check out lakemetroparks.com or call 440-256-1404.

Finally, the is free to visit all this weekend.

Families can tour President Garfield's Mentor home for free.