Map & Directions
Trails
Canal
0.5 miles
Moderate – Hike, Pets – Gravel
Return from the lookout mound on this shaded gravel trail that leads to the parking lot, but be prepared for the steep hill at the end.
Heer Park Loop
0.25 miles
Easy – Hike, Bike, Pets – Paved – ADA
Enjoy a nice warm up jog and newly planted trees.
Lookout Loop
0.5 miles
Easy – Hike, Bike, Pets – Paved ADA
A great trail to enjoy after work with the family or to get a workout in before heading home. This trail features the obstacle course, stretch racks, and work out stations.
Activities
Biking is available on paved trails.
Lookout Loop, 0.5 miles
Heer Park Loop, 0.25 miles
In the future, the Scioto Greenway Trail will be extended and connect Scioto Audubon to Great Southern Metro Park.
Obstacle Course
The Great Southern obstacle course features an over/under, a ninja jump, cargo climb, balance beams and a wall climb, across a 230-yard path. An adjacent fitness station offers more options for exercise, including monkey bars, pull ups, dips, push ups, decline sit ups, inverted row and a box jump.
Pets are allowed on all the park trails.
Canal Trail, 0.25 miles
Heer Park Loop, 0.25 miles
Lookout Loop, 0.5 miles
Several picnic tables are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Lookout Loop will take you around 3 acres of prairie, which will bloom from May through October. The prairie features beautiful prairie grasses growing more than 4 feet high, including little bluestem, side-oats grams, nodding wild rye, Virginia wild rye, and prairie dropseed. The mix of grasses and wildflowers has been selected to thrive in drier upland areas. Glorious color will be provided by wildflowers such as partridge pea, purple coneflowers, yellow and grey-headed coneflowers, lanceleaf coreopsis, Illinois bundleflower, ox-eye sunflower, black-eyed Susan, wild bergamot, various milkweed species, blue false indigo, sky blue aster and stiff goldenrod.