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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 park's origins date to 1851, when the Franklin County Agricultural Society organized and purchased eight acres here. [2] From 1874 to 1885, the land was used to host the Ohio State Fair. The Franklin Park Cascades is a water feature of ponds and waterfalls, constructed in 1991 for Ameriflora '92. The system was renovated in the mid-2010s ...
The park encompasses 88 acres filled with several ponds, an amphitheater, terraced waterfalls, a community garden, an Asian-themed garden, a picnic shelter, and playgrounds. The Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens also lies within the park, a landmark of the neighborhood and the City of Columbus.
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 .
Goodale Park is a public park in the Victorian Village area of Columbus, Ohio. It was donated to the city in 1851 by Lincoln Goodale. For a few months during the Civil War, it was a staging area for Union troops known as Camp Jackson. [3] ComFest, a large, free, multi-day, non-corporate, music and arts annual festival, is held in the park in June.
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]
The park opened on November 30, 2021, as Central Ohio's 20th metro park. Portions of the park remained under construction, although 200 acres opened, including a 25-foot waterfall, trails, boardwalks, and a zipline. [1] The park still borders active portions of the Marble Cliff Quarry; other portions were sold for housing and mixed-use ...
Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mound II. The park is located in northern Franklin County and southern Delaware County, within several townships. [2] It is beside U.S. Route 23 and near Lewis Center, an unincorporated community. Highbanks Metro Park is the most visited in the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks system. It has about 1 million ...