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 270 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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A park ranger saves a life

David Bergunzi Assistant Park Manager, Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park When Metro Parks rangers make contact with visitors it is more often than not in a positive manner. But sometimes …Read More

It’s Bark Bash time!

Bark Bash is coming up again! Enjoy seeing the canine fun and frolics at last year’s event and be sure to join us this time for Metro Parks’ annual festival …Read More

The Return (of Lynx rufus, the Bobcat)

Amy E Kulesza Guest Blogger It was New Year’s Day, 1999, when I saw my first and only bobcat. My friends had rented a cabin in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and …Read More

A Passion for Nature: Metro Parks celebrates America 250 with an Ohio twist

It was America’s 250th birthday on July 4 and we want to continue the celebrations of that national achievement here in Ohio. It wasn’t until March 1, 1803, almost 27 …Read More

Get Outside, It’s Your Nature!