Welcome to Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks

Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks (Metro Parks) is a public agency serving the citizens of central Ohio by providing a regional system of clean, safe, natural area parks. Metro Parks features 20 outstanding natural area parks with more than 230 miles of trails and over 28,700 acres of land in seven central Ohio counties.

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News & Stories from your Metro Parks

Canopy Walk is your gateway to the sky

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator You’ve never seen anything like this at a Metro Park before. Imagine yourself walking through the tree tops, high above the earth, eyeball to eyeball with …Read More

THE SONG CONTEST

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator Another TALL TALE FROM THE DEEP WOODS (TTDW) Roll up, roll up – nature’s biggest and bestest (hee-hee, that’s not a word!) Song Contest is about …Read More

Behind the Parks: Meet Becca at Blendon Woods

Becca Ballard Park Ranger, Blendon Woods Metro Park Hometown and Background I come from Gambier, in Knox County, Ohio. It’s about an hour’s drive northeast of Columbus and is best …Read More

Tornado damages the Tall Pines Area at Walnut Woods

OLIVIA PIPER Resource Management Technician With recent stormy weather throughout Ohio, you may have noticed dramatic damage to some of the Metro Parks. One park in particular, Walnut Woods, experienced …Read More