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Whatever you enjoy doing outdoors, Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks has a great place to begin your adventure. Find adventurous things to do, new activities to try and places to explore every day of the year! For seven decades, your Metro Parks have been a treasured natural resource for generations of central Ohioans of all ages and abilities.
Metro Parks are free and belong to everyone… so get out, get active and have some fun.
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Discover & Experience Nature
The mission of Metro Parks is to conserve open space, while providing place and opportunities that encourage people to discover and experience nature. Your 20 Metro Parks cover more than 28,700 acres of land and water and are home to more than 2,400 plant and animal species.
Every year more than 12 million people visit a Metro Park to escape into a world teeming with wildlife and rich in recreational and educational opportunities. The tremendous growth and enduring popularity of Metro Parks is due to the strong support of the community – as voters, as volunteers and as visitors.
LIZ CHRISTIAN Social Media and Marketing Specialist As the temperatures dip and the air gets crisp, it’s easy to feel like staying inside with a warm cup of cocoa is …Read More
KATIE BENNETT Clear Creek Naturalist Clear Creek recently held its annual volunteer appreciation event. Volunteers had the opportunity to take in fall colors while canoeing Lake Emily and enjoying a …Read More
The Metro Parks 2024 Holiday Crossword is here, with clues related to the parks, nature and the holidays, and with a little spattering of Tolkien and fantasy thrown in for …Read More
Joy and Jim Dunno Metro Parks Volunteers at Blendon Woods Why we volunteer at Metro Parks, what we do and what we love most about it JOY We’ve been retired …Read More
