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The Recreation Department took over management of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in 1951, but later gave up ownership to the Zoological Park Association, Inc., a non-profit organization, in 1970. The city continued providing funds from the city's general fund, however, until 1986.
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]
A group of 28 participants in the Think Make Live Youth program walks through the streets of Columbus' Driving Park neighborhood picking up trash on July 17, 2023, as part of the community service ...
Kobacker Park, located at 570 Kossuth Street, is a .34 acre neighborhood, open-lot park. . [30] Roosevelt Park, located at 1046 Studer Ave., is a 2.91 acre neighborhood park that includes picnic tables, looping walking path and play equipment for children. [31] Martin Park, located at 950 Wagner St., is a mowed open lot park. [32]
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 ...
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 ...
With a total area of 80 acres, Memorial Park is the largest of Obetz' parks. Memorial has two basketball courts, three soccer fields, a baseball complex, two concession stands, a children's play area with playground equipment and benches, several paved parking areas, and a one-acre fishing pond stocked with Largemouth bass , Bluegill , and ...
Six central Ohio boys soccer teams — DeSales, Dublin Scioto, New Albany, Olentangy, St. Charles and Worthington Christian — are headed to the state tournament.