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 20 outstanding natural area parks with more than 230 miles of trails and over 28,500 acres of land in seven central Ohio counties.

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Believe it, or Not! A few nature myths

SCOTT FELKER Three Creeks Naturalist As a Metro Parks naturalist, I’ve heard many things over the years. Kids often go into “stream of consciousness” monologues that usually start with “One …Read More

Behind the Parks: Meet Carrie, Outreach Naturalist for Senior Programs

Carrie Keller Outreach Naturalist for Senior Programs Hometown and background I come from Reynoldsburg and went to school there, first at Herbert Mills Elementary and then graduating from Reynoldsburg High …Read More

How’s the first year of the via ferrata going?

MELISSA TURPENING Bank Run Park Manager It seems like only yesterday that Dan Kaderly, Manager of Park Operations, was saying “Let’s build a via ferrata at Quarry Trails Metro Park” …Read More

Death of a Hedgerow

ANDREW BOOSE Aquatic Ecologist A 700-yard-long, 30-foot-wide hedgerow, at Prairie Oaks Metro Park, had been on the list for removal since the park opened in 2002. But it survived for …Read More