My Favorite Places: Highbanks
BRANDON NOVOTNY, Ranger Prairie Oaks The overlook deck at Highbanks is one of my favorite spots for fall color, but it’s a wonderful sight at any time of year, with …Read More
My Favorite Places: Andy Miller
ANDY T MILLER, Assistant Manager Pickerington Ponds/Chestnut Ridge While I don’t have a favorite spot in the parks for fall colors, there are several parks that I like year round. …Read More
My Favorite Places: Battelle Darby Creek (with my dog)
BETHANIE BIDINGER, Battelle Darby Creek Park Ranger Fall is a great time to visit Battelle Darby Creek to refresh from the summer heat and take in all the beauty that …Read More
My Favorite Places: Marty Shull, Clear Creek
MARTY SHULL, Clear Creek Manager Fall is my favorite time of year; it calls me to the out-of-doors. There is a magic to the air in its crispness. If you …Read More
My Favorite Places: Scott Felker
SCOTT FELKER, Three Creeks Naturalist One of my very favorite places to be in fall is Pickerington Pond’s Glacier Knoll observation deck at sunset. It’s not as much for the …Read More
My Favorite Places: Jecy Weber
JECY WEBER, Greenways Ranger There are many breathtaking vistas at Metro Parks. Either natural or manmade, it is not hard to find a place so beautiful it takes your breath …Read More
October is bat appreciation month
CARRIE MORROW, Assistant Resource Manager I’m standing under a huge, dead cottonwood tree. Much of the bark has fallen off and the smooth inner bark stands out as a white …Read More
Metro Parks and YMCA partnership creates special bonds for families
JEN ROSA, Prairie Oaks Naturalist As a parent of a child on the autism spectrum, I saw the need for inclusive programming outside in a park. Sometimes I go places …Read More
My Favorite Places: Bryan Knowles
BRYAN KNOWLES, Glacier Ridge and Homestead Manager Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. The warm, crisp sunny days. The blue skies and puffy clouds. The colder nights perfect …Read More
My Favorite Places: Ashton Pond at Blacklick Woods
ANNIE PILLION, Blacklick Woods Ranger When fall arrives, one of my favorite places to visit is Ashton Pond at Blacklick Woods, especially at sunset. The pond is surrounded by trees …Read More
My Favorite Places: Inniswood Prairie Garden
COLLEEN SHARKEY, Environmental Educator, Inniswood Metro Gardens Bumblebees buzzing, crickets chirping and goldfinches exploding from wildflower plantings always brighten my day as I wander through the Prairie Garden at Inniswood Metro …Read More
Growing a forest from the ground up
ALYSSA BALTER, Restoration Ecologist Direct seeding of nuts offers a simple, cost-effective supplement to Metro Park’s reforestation efforts and has been an annual activity for nearly 20 years. This process is …Read More
My Favorite Places: four great places in fall
TOM COCHRAN, Prairie Oaks Manager In my opinion, there is no better place to view fall colors than along Big Darby Creek at Prairie Oaks, especially from the bridge that connects …Read More
My Favorite Places: Three Creeks and Scioto Grove
GEOFF HAMILTON, Scioto Grove Manager The south canoe access area at Three Creeks is one of my favorite areas to fish. I haven’t caught a lot of fish there, but …Read More
My Favorite Places: Walden Waterfowl Refuge
BRANDON NOVOTNY, Prairie Oaks Ranger The Walden Waterfowl Refuge at Blendon Woods qualifies as one of my favorite places, especially in late September and early October when waterfowl start to …Read More
My Favorite Places: memories of Slate Run
ANDREA KRAVA, Blendon Woods Naturalist The wetlands and grasslands at Slate Run have always been a favorite place of mine. They opened up the same year I began working there …Read More
Senior Camp is a blast at Blacklick Woods
CARRIE KELLER Outreach Naturalist For nearly three weeks every fall about 700 of our more seasoned Central Ohio citizens pass through the gates at Blacklick Woods to enjoy a day …Read More
My Favorite Place: Prairie seed picking
CARRIE R MORROW Assistant Resource Manager Shorter days and cooler nights may be the first signs of fall. However, it isn’t truly autumn until I have spent a few days …Read More