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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 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
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
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
Marty Shull Park Manager, Slate Run Metro Park Hometown and Background I was raised in the Columbus suburb of Grandview Heights. My mother remarried when I was in 6th grade, …Read More
