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In 1904, the city formed an 18-member park commission and maintained playgrounds in four city parks. [6] The City Recreation Department was founded on July 15, 1910, and opened up five recreation centers in the following two years. [3] [7] In 1920, the first municipal golf course was established and a day camp in 1927. [6]
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).
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 for about $500,000, though a $2.2 million project in 2019 fully fixed the cascades and made the surrounding area resemble a ...
The Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks are a group of 20 metropolitan parks in and around Columbus, Ohio. They are officially organized into the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District. The Metro Parks system was organized in 1945 under Ohio Revised Code Section 1545 as a separate political division of the state of Ohio.
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.
Columbus Recreation and Parks Department: ... North Bank Park is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) park in downtown Columbus, Ohio, ... List of parks in Columbus, Ohio; References
Columbus Recreation and Parks Department: Public transit access: 1, 2, 5, ... Sensenbrenner Park is a .9-acre (0.36 ha) park in downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States.
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]