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 270 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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Draining Restoration Ambitions

Logan Dunn Assistant Resource Manager Now and then, a visitor might have wandered in one of the parks and discovered a small hole in the ground, or even a massive …Read More

Behind the Parks: Meet David at Battelle Darby Creek

David Bergunzi Assistant Park Manager, Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park David Bergunzi is talking with Communications Coordinator, Virginia Gordon About me I was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio and …Read More

Meet Athena, the newest animal ambassador at Metro Parks

Tyler Stanley Marketing and Social Media Specialist Whoooooo’s that at Blendon Woods’ nature center? Meet our newest animal ambassador, Athena the barn owl. About American barn owls The American barn …Read More

A new wetland is a milestone achievement for the Resource Management team

Logan Dunn and Elaine Hall Assistant Resource Managers For the first time, Metro Parks’ Resource Management team has embarked on a wetland construction project while doing all the set up …Read More

Get Outside, It’s Your Nature!