We Asked, You Answered
JILL SNYDER Visitor Engagement Manager Last year, Metro Parks completed a community impact survey. We asked visitors, volunteers and community members to tell us what they love about Metro Parks, …Read More
Welcome to Great Southern Metro Park
In our latest Adventure Starts Here video we took a look at the newest Metro Park, Great Southern. STILLS FROM THE VIDEO
Helping nesting birds
JEN SNYDER Senior Environmental Education, Inniswood Metro Gardens It starts as the days grow longer each spring and continues well into the summer. Birds are singing, building nests and laying …Read More
Exploring the world of navigational devices
Katie Lofton Outdoor Adventure Programmer Last year, Outdoor Adventure applied for and was awarded a Tad Jeffrey Grant toward the purchase of backcountry satellite navigation and communication devices. Outdoor Adventure …Read More
Coming Soon: Bank Run Event Center & Metro Park
Something new is coming to Metro Parks, and it’s a little different than what you might expect. Bank Run Metro Park is designed with two distinct but connected experiences in …Read More
The Rivers Remember – indigenous relationships with central Ohio waterways
Evelyn Hilgeman Outdoor Adventure Programmer Many of our Metro Parks sit near Columbus’s rivers. If you walk through Scioto Audubon Metro Park, you’ll find highways crossing the horizon above the …Read More
Behind the Parks: Meet Bennett at Glacier Ridge
Bennett Wadsworth Park Ranger, Glacier Ridge Bennett Wadsworth is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me My mom was heavily pregnant with me and wanted to visit family in …Read More
A New Place to Play: Great Southern Metro Park Opens April 1
LIZ CHRISTIAN Social Media & Marketing Specialist UPDATE Wednesday April 1, 2026 was a great day in the life of Metro Parks. With the opening of Great Southern, there are …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
Don’t miss the blooms – spring wildflowers
SHANNON HEIST Blacklick Woods Naturalist Spring wildflowers are short-lived. They grow when conditions are right – when temperatures are rising and more sun is shining. They complete their entire life …Read More
Lesser-known cool critters in vernal pools
MARIA BERGMAN Battelle Darby Creek Naturalist It’s springtime in the Metro Parks. The question is always asked: are the salamanders out yet? But what about the rest of the critters? …Read More
Behind the Parks: Meet Craig at Blendon Woods
Craig Biegler Naturalist, Blendon Woods Craig Biegler is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me I grew up in Upper Arlington and went to programs at various Metro Parks …Read More
Spring Cleaning for Resource Management
ELAINE HALL Assistant Resource Manager Annual upkeep of our structures for various species is underway, or even wrapped up by March, as we prepare staff and volunteers for another year …Read More
One park’s trash is a giraffe’s feast!
Olivia Garas Land Management Coordinator of the North End Parks One of the most important jobs we have in Resource Management is removing invasives. There are so many different plants …Read More
A Conflagration at Pickerington Ponds Metro Park
Shelly Richardson Pickerington Ponds Manager Metro Parks acquired an 11-acre parcel of land last year as part of Pickerington Ponds Metro Park. The area included an old house that was …Read More
The Power of Walking
Evelyn Hilgeman Outdoor Adventure Programmer Staying consistent with New Year’s resolutions is something we all struggle with. As January goes, we tend to be overly ambitious when we set goals …Read More