Welcome to Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks

Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks (Metro Parks) is a public agency serving the citizens of central Ohio by providing a regional system of clean, safe, natural area parks. Metro Parks features 22 outstanding natural area parks with more than 270 miles of trails and over 28,900 acres of land in seven central Ohio counties.

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News & Stories from your Metro Parks

Bison get the hump for their vet visit

Parker Weber Social Media and Communications Intern Battelle Darby Creek’s bison had their biannual veterinary visit this May. Here’s how the Metro Parks team carry out this event and the …Read More

The Return (of long-departed animals)

Amy Kulesza Guest Blogger In the last six months or so, you may have heard on the news, or seen through social media posts, about the return of different animals …Read More

How to bee-friend our native bees

Kate Brierley Blacklick Woods Naturalist Take a moment to visualize a bee in your mind. Is it yellow and black or is it metallic green? Does it live in a …Read More

Behind the Parks: Meet Yves at Blacklick Woods Golf Courses

Yves Charles Maintenance Technician, Blacklick Woods Golf Courses Yves Charles is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me I was born in Cleveland, but my family moved to Albany, …Read More