Park visits of more than 10 minutes are recorded by using geofencing technology. Five Rivers reported nearly 568,000 visits to Eastwood MetroPark on Harshman Road in Dayton last year, followed by 534,601 visits to Englewood MetroPark and 447,772 visits to RiverScape MetroPark in Dayton.
The uptick in park attendance was influenced by major gains in attendance during March and October, which saw fairer weather than the year before, Forsthoefel explained.
According to Five Rivers MetroParks, total park system program attendance exceeded 183,000 — again up from 167,182 attendees in 2023.
In 2023, a total of 2,047,561 park visits were recorded.
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