Drop In: Learn about Backpacking
Are you interested in backpacking or backcountry hiking, but not sure how to get started? Come and explore the possibilities! At our backpacking and hiking open house we’ll have: The …Read More
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For Adults 50+: Curious About Coyotes
Coyotes, foxes, skunks, and many other wildlife are using our communities and backyards in search of food, water, and shelter. Join Marne Titchenell, OSU Extension Wildlife Program Director, as she …Read More
Adults: Fungi Hike
Join a naturalist for a 2-mile hike looking for spring fungi. Learn about the importance of fungi to the ecosystem and learn some basic identification. Age 18+ Meeting location notes:Highbanks …Read More
Woodcock Watch
Learn about the American woodcock before heading out on a 1-mile hike. Search the fields to observe the unusual courtship of the American woodcock. May include off-trail hiking. Meeting location …Read More
Roll around the park!
SERENA TSANG Outdoor Adventure Programmer Many people come to the Metro Parks for hiking, picnicking, or wildlife watching. While I love all of these activities too, recently I have been …Read More
Behind the Parks: Meet Cassie at Blacklick Woods Golf Courses
Cassie Stiles Assistant Golf Course Manager, Blacklick Woods Golf Courses Hometown and Background I come from Milford Center, in Union County. It’s a village with less than a thousand residents, …Read More
Adult Wetland Hike
Walk out to the wetland bird blinds with a naturalist! Trail will be a mixture of crushed limestone and dirt surfaces. We will walk about 3 miles. Ages 18+ Meeting …Read More
Beginning Birding Hike
Join the naturalist to learn about birding. Visit the bird feeders to learn backyard birds, then go on a 1-mile hike. Bring binoculars if you have them available. Metro Parks …Read More
Drop In: Leprechaun (and more) Trail for Families
Hike on your own along a short trail (1/4-mile) around the nature center looking for hidden leprechauns, shamrocks and other St. Patrick’s day items on a scavenger hunt. Scavenger hunts …Read More
Total Eclipse of the Parks: What to know about the 2024 Solar Eclipse
LIZ CHRISTIAN Marketing and Social Media Specialist Have you heard? There’s a total solar eclipse happening this year on Monday, April 8. What better way to spend a Monday than …Read More
For Kids: Winter Sensory Hike
Practice sensory skills while learning more about the pieces of an ecosystem during a guided hike with activities to engage our senses with nature. Dress for being outdoors for 1 …Read More
Live animals with Ohio Wildlife Center
Meet live animals from Ohio Wildlife Center during a 45 min indoor presentation. Show your love for the Ohio wildlife animals by donating a needed item to help with their …Read More
Owl Hike
Look for owls on over 1-mile quiet night hike. Plan on being outside for 1+hrs. We will try calling for the owls in several locations. Expect uneven terrain. Flashlights are …Read More
Getting to know Ohio’s resident flying squirrel
AYDEN VAN FOSSEN Naturalist at Highbanks Metro Park When you think of squirrels in Ohio, likely the first images to pop into your head are that of gray squirrels running …Read More
Ole! The Olentangy
VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator Ole! It’s worth celebrating. Just more than 50 years ago now, the Olentangy River became only the third Ohio waterway to be honored with the designation …Read More
Flying Squirrel Talk & Hike
Southern flying squirrels are one of Ohio’s most populous and fascinating squirrels.They are not capable of true self powered flight, but rather, glide from tree to tree usinga skin membrane …Read More
Owl Hike
Join a naturalist for a 1.5 mile hike in search of owls. Flashlights are discouraged, If you need to bring a flashlight, parks will have red cellophane to cover the …Read More
Raptor Talk and Walk
Join a naturalist for a short presentation inside the Nature Center focusing on Ohio’s raptors, then hike to search for some of these aerial hunters at Highbanks. Raptors include predatory …Read More
Behind the Parks: Meet Shelby, Assistant Manager at Quarry Trails
Shelby Watkins Assistant Park Manager, Quarry Trails Metro Park Hometown and background I come from Upper Sandusky, a small city in Wyandot County, almost exactly half way between Marion and …Read More
Holiday Lights at Metro Parks
As part of our Winter Hikes Series, don’t miss the twinkling and sparkling lights at five of our parks throughout December. See the Holiday Lights at Battelle Darby Creek, Blacklick …Read More