Are you ready to get outside?

Metro Parks are ideal places to help you feel one with nature. You can take a stroll on more than 230 miles of trails, enjoy more active pursuits such as biking, canoeing, hiking, and even bring your leashed pet for a leisurely walk in the woods. There are nature centers, natural play areas, picnic shelters, fishing places, even a climbing wall and via ferrata. Come explore, it’s your nature!

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Nature Photography: Tips and Tricks

LIZ CHRISTIAN Marketing and Social Media Specialist Nature Photography Day was June 15, but we don’t need a specific day to capture the beauty of nature! There’s something refreshing about …Read More

From egg to adult: the pipevine swallowtail

LEAH CONWAY Seasonal Naturalist, Blacklick Woods Life begins for the rich black and metallic blue pipevine swallowtail as a round, orange and pumpkin-like egg roughly one-quarter the size of a …Read More

Our Uncolored Wildflowers: Parasitic Plants

LYDIA RADCLIFFE Blendon Woods Naturalist Have you ever been hiking in the woods and noticed something that reminds you of a fungus but looks an awful lot like a plant? …Read More

Metro Parks will host gun and archery deer hunts at selected parks for successful lottery applicants (2024)

KEVIN KASNYIK Resource Manager THE DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Managing wildlife and habitats is of the utmost importance to resource managers in Metro Parks. Keeping wildlife populations in balance allows all …Read More

Get Outside, It’s Your Nature!