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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Hellbenders are Real

ELAINE HALL Assistant Resource Manager Metro Parks staff recently attended an annual update about eastern hellbender conservation. As an endangered species in Ohio and having the small potential to pop …Read More

Tim Talks: Visit Slate Run Farm

On a visit to Slate Run Metro Park, Executive Director Tim Moloney wisely made plenty of time to check out Slate Run Living Historical Farm. THE VIDEO STILLS FROM THE …Read More

Are you bold enough to climb the fire tower?

VIRGINIA GORDON Communication Coordinator Adventure awaits you at Scioto Grove Metro Park, if you’re bold enough to climb the 111 rather steep steps to the top of the Fire Tower. …Read More

Adventure Starts Here: Opt Outside

Metro Parks Executive Director Tim Moloney heads to Slate Run Metro Park to experience the best of fall, with ravines, creeks and hills to explore, and even a covered bridge, …Read More

Get Outside, It’s Your Nature!