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Quarry Trails Metro Park is a 220-acre (89 ha) metropolitan park in Columbus, Ohio, owned and operated by Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks.The park opened on November 30, 2021, as Central Ohio's 20th metro park.
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 ...
In 2012, the Urban Infrastructure Recovery Fund Program included the Southern Orchards Civic Association for the Proposed Project List. Total funding of $270,000 was used to improve Martin Park with walkways, benches, trees, fencing and playground equipment and to construct curb ramps on Whittier Street between Wilson Avenue and Wager Street.
The Best Urban Parks in America. Mia Taylor. April 18, 2024 at 8:00 AM. ... New Orleans' 1,300-acre City Park is one of the oldest urban parks in the country. Created in 1854, it has the colorful ...
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 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]
John F. Wolfe Columbus Commons is a 6-acre (2.4 ha) park and green space in downtown Columbus, Ohio, located on the site of the former Columbus City Center mall. The park features gardens, a performance stage, carousel, interactive playground equipment, and two foodservice buildings. [3]
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.