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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 ...
The 1000-acre Sand Run Metro Park opened in 1929, but the area has been welcoming visitors for centuries. The land surrounding Mingo Pavilion was a campsite for Mingo Indians. Portage Path was once an important Native American trail between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers; later, it was the western boundary of the United States.
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 ...
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
Metro Parks is expected to open the first week of May the long-awaited treetop canopy walk at Blacklick Woods Metro Park, located at 6975 East Livingston Ave. in Reynoldsburg. The $2.8-million ...
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 ...
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.
Composed of previously state-run parks (Edgewater Park, Gordon Park, and the East 55th Street Marina) along the Lake Erie shoreline that the Metroparks assumed supervision of in 2013, as well as Merwin's Wharf and Wendy Park at Whiskey Island. Features include numerous beaches, boat ramps, fitness trails, fishing piers, and swimming areas. [16]