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The 890-acre Furnace Run Metro Park began in 1929 when the family of Charles Francis Brush Jr. donated 272 acres to Metro Parks. Much of the park was developed by work relief crews during the 1930s. Brushwood Lake, a once-popular swimming spot before erosion and sedimentation forced its closing in 1956, was created by diverting the natural flow ...
Summit Metro Parks is abandoning a name long used at its popular Sand Run area after concluding the term carries culturally insensitive connotations.. Mingo Lodge and Mingo Trail are being renamed ...
It features about 1,000 acres (400 ha) of woods and fields. The park includes a bridle trail, dog park and off-leash dog trail, a paved trail and nature trails plus a picnic shelter and wetlands. Rocky Fork runs through the park, which is a partnership with New Albany, the City of Columbus and Plain Township. Scioto Audubon Metro Park
These include hiking trails, a mountain bike area (MoMBA) at Huffman MetroPark, horse bridle trails, a disc golf course, a whitewater feature at Eastwood MetroPark, and a large butterfly house at Cox Arboretum MetroPark. Five Rivers MetroParks provides year-round recreation, education and conservation opportunities to the Greater Dayton community.
About 200 acres of the 220-acre park touted as "an urban Hocking Hills experience" by Metro Parks Deputy Director Larry Peck is open as of Nov. 30.
Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks has a new canopy walk coming this spring, plans for renovations at two nature centers and work on new parks. Blacklick Woods Metro Park's treetop canopy walk ...
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. Portions of the park remained under construction, although 200 acres opened, including a 25-foot waterfall, trails ...
The park's main water feature is Buzzard's Roost Lake, while nearby Slate Run Creek passes through the park. Amenities include picnic areas and shelters, boardwalks and fishing docks, and several sets of play equipment. [2] South of Canal Winchester, this park's most notable feature is an 1880s era working historical farm staffed by volunteers ...