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Whatever you enjoy doing outdoors, Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks has a great place to begin your adventure. Find adventurous things to do, new activities to try and places to explore every day of the year! For seven decades, your Metro Parks have been a treasured natural resource for generations of central Ohioans of all ages and abilities.
Metro Parks are free and belong to everyone… so get out, get active and have some fun.
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Discover & Experience Nature
The mission of Metro Parks is to conserve open spaces, while providing places and opportunities that encourage people to discover and experience nature. Your 20 Metro Parks cover more than 28,900 acres of land and water and are home to more than 2,400 plant and animal species.
Every year more than 12 million people visit Metro Parks to escape into a world teeming with wildlife and rich in recreational and educational opportunities. The tremendous growth and enduring popularity of Metro Parks is due to the strong support of the community – as voters, as volunteers and as visitors.
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
In our latest Adventure Starts Here video we took a look at the newest Metro Park, Great Southern. STILLS FROM THE VIDEO
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
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