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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Inclusive Playground at Metro Parks: A Space for All Abilities to Play, Explore and Grow

JILL SNYDER Visitor Engagement Manager Metro Parks is thrilled to announce the upcoming dedication of a fabulously innovative inclusive playground designed to provide an accessible, welcoming and fun experience for …Read More

Through My Lenses—How My Whitetail Deer Journey Began

ROBERT MATT BRIGNER Guest Blogger Growing up in Hilliard, Ohio, in the early 1970s, wildlife wasn’t something I saw every day. The town was small, surrounded by farmland and livestock, …Read More

Gear up for Outdoor Adventure’s Backpacking Series

JESSICA TOMASTIK Outdoor Adventure Programmer Spring is just around the corner and so is our backpacking season! The Metro Parks Outdoor Adventure team is gearing up for our bi-annual introductory …Read More

Wander & Wonder: Winter into Spring

IN OUR LATEST WANDER & WONDER VIDEO WE FOCUS ON NATURE’S SIGNS OF CHANGE AS WINTER SLOWLY MORPHS INTO SPRING. STILLS FROM THE VIDEO

Get Outside, It’s Your Nature!