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Columbus-Belmont State Park, on the shores of the Mississippi River in Hickman County, near Columbus, Kentucky, is the site of a Confederate fortification built during the American Civil War. The site was considered by both North and South to be strategically significant in gaining and keeping control of the Mississippi River .
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]
State and National designations have been placed upon the creeks in recent years. The park is part of the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Park System and sister parks exist upstream and downstream forming the western boundary of the metro system. Battelle is a research and development organization based in Columbus, Ohio.
Standing Boy Creek Park is a 1,579 acres (6.39 km 2) is a city park and former Georgia state park located in Columbus. The executive order creating the state park was issued by then- Governor Sonny Perdue on January 21, 2004.
Columbus-Belmont State Park: Hickman County [3] 156 acres (0.63 km 2) Dawkins Line Rail Trail: Johnson and Magoffin Counties E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park: Louisville: 370 acres (1.5 km 2) Fort Boonesborough State Park: Richmond: 153 acres (0.62 km 2) General Burnside State Park: Pulaski County [3] 430 acres (1.7 km 2) Grayson Lake State Park ...
Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas).
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 .
Name County Size Image Year established; acres km 2; A. W. Marion State Park: Pickaway: 454: 1.84: 1950 Adams Lake State Park: Adams: 96: 0.39: 1950 Alum Creek State Park