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This glass structure, built in the grand Victorian style, was erected in Franklin Park and opened to the public in 1895 as the Franklin Park Conservatory. From 1895 to 1989, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department owned and operated the conservatory. Unfortunately, little is known about the conservatory's earliest days, as a fire in Columbus ...
The most urban of the Metro Parks, Scioto Audubon is located in the Brewery District near Downtown Columbus. The park is a major bird migration stopover, and as such hosts the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. Opened in 2008, the park is situated on a peninsula stretching into the Scioto River and contains numerous wetland areas. Other features ...
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).
Difficulty: Easy Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Length: 3.4 miles Elevation gain: 32 feet Details:This trail in the Olentangy River Parklands near Worthington follows the Olentangy River toward ...
The park encompasses 88 acres (36 ha) 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 lie within the park, a landmark of the neighborhood and the City of Columbus.
Columbus has opened Warner Woods Park, a new 45-acre park on the city's Northeast Side. The park mixes recreation with conservation and includes a 14-acre nature preserve of wetlands that can be ...
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 ...
Franklin Park is a neighborhood located on the Near East Side of Columbus, Ohio. Both the historic neighborhood and landmark, the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens , are named after the 88-acre park .