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Columbus, Ohio has numerous municipal parks, several regional parks (part of the Metro Parks system), and privately-owned parks. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department operates 370 parks, with a combined 13,500 acres (5,500 ha). [1]
The Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks system was created in 1945 after a study was commissioned by the Columbus and Franklin County planning commissioners. The study endorsed the development of a metro park system with the area's rivers and streams as idea land for the parks modeled after the Cleveland Metroparks. The parks would also ...
The plants include shrubs, annuals, grass, milkweed and perennials. The garden is considered the largest butterfly garden in the Metro Parks system. [6] Scioto Audubon Metro Park operates year-round, with varying hours in different seasons. [3] 2014 attendance was over 800,000, beyond the park attendance expected by the Metro Parks director. [2]
The free public park is operated by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. The Park of Roses was established in 1952, following ideas for a city hall rose garden in 1946. The park was landscaped and planted in 1952 and 1953, opening in June 1953. The American Rose Society held its headquarters at the park beginning in 1952.
Shade River State Forest – 2,601 acres (11 km 2); Meigs County; Shawnee State Forest – 59,603 acres (241 km 2); Scioto and Adams Counties; Sunfish Creek State Forest – 637 acres (2.6 km 2) Tar Hollow State Forest – 16,126 acres (65 km 2) Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest - 15,849 acres (64.14 km 2)
Genoa Park is a 2.07-acre (0.84 ha) urban park along the west bank of the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio, United States.The park, located between Broad and Rich Streets as part of the Scioto Mile park grouping, is named after Genoa, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus and one of Columbus' sister cities. [1]
Topiary Park is a 9.2-acre (3.7 ha) public park and garden in Columbus, Ohio's Discovery District.The park's topiary garden, officially the Topiary Garden at Old Deaf School Park, is designed to depict figures from Georges Seurat's 1884 painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
The land for Blacklick Woods Metro Park was purchased in 1947 after the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks received funding. [5] It was the first park in the Metro Parks system. [ 1 ] The park was dedicated on October 24, 1948 despite concern it was too far in the country. [ 6 ]