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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A New Place to Play: Great Southern Metro Park Opens April 1

LIZ CHRISTIAN Social Media & Marketing Specialist Spring will bring something special to south Columbus this year — the grand opening of Metro Parks’ 21st park! Great Southern Metro Park …Read More

A Spring Symphony of Amphibians

GABBY POWER Environmental Educator, Inniswood It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That’s right, springtime! Nothing quite compares to the sights and sounds of spring as the earth comes …Read More

Tim Talks: Rangers help keep parks clean and safe

In our latest Tim Talks video we took a closer look at our park rangers and the way they focus on keeping parks clean and safe for our millions of …Read More

Bike maintenance is not just a summer task

KATIE LOFTON Outdoor Adventure Programmer Just like your furnace, you don’t want to skimp out on preventive maintenance on your bicycle in the off-season! Winter or early spring is the …Read More

Get Outside, It’s Your Nature!