A newer addition to the Metropark family of parks. Smallish but packs in amenities. I often participate in Metroparks Winter Hike programs, and had to visit this location in the evening after work. Often being accompanied by my dogs, I felt completely comfortable hiking in this intimate welcoming park solo. read more

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One of Columbus is smaller metro parks, this little park has a very nice paved loop. It also has a park office with limited hours as I found out today when I was there to get my winter hike series card punched and it was locked. I still enjoyed myself and took two loops around the curvy trail with very slight inclines and declines. There's a large play area for kids and a caboose set up on rails. The bench in the middle of nowhere Demanded it's picture be taken and I actually sat there quietly for a few minutes. It was very restorative I would return to this park to walk my dog on the loop. read more

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Gorgeous park! As part of my duties as an uncle, I've been researching parks around central Ohio then taking my niece and nephew. Homestead Park was incredible for the little ones and adults alike. It's ginormous. Multiple parking lots and areas. There's everything from playgrounds to walking trails surrounded by wildflowers. Loved the historic buildings and countryside vibes as well. Simply beautiful and definitely worth checking out. Clean restrooms too. read more

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This is our favorite park to take our dog for a walk. They have a wonderful paved path that surrounds the park along with volleyball and basketballs courts and a playground. This year we started the winter hike series and were thrilled to see they had holiday lights. Though this is a smaller park, it's beautiful and has plenty of parking. I agree with another comment that my only complaint is the entrance can be easy to miss if you're not looking. read more

Homestead is a 44-acre park in Hilliard, and it's one of over 20 Columbus Metro Parks. In terms of some nice features of this parks are: a covered bridge over a pond in the middle of the park; an outdoor amphitheater; several pavilions you can rent for your parties & family gatherings; some picnic tables with barbeque grills (you provide your own charcoals, of course); a replica train station and a real caboose on a railroad tracks; ample parking lots throughout the park and a small but very nice playground. It has a 0.75-mile paved trail which connects to the 7-mile Heritage Trail, which runs along the park's western border. We like to park near the pond close to the playground when we come here. There are some picnic tables nearby you can sit at. The park entrance can be very easily missed if you're not paying too much attention since there's no large sign showing that this is a park... That's my only complaint. read more

Homestead Park - Parks Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

This park is so much fun for everyone. Families, couples, hangouts etc. plenty of trails connected ( it's in between Heritage Rails and trails) There are a plethora of play areas. Basketball courts, cornhole set ups, workout areas, fishing etc. Great spot for photography as well. Usually see senior pics, family pics, and wedding shots taken there. Expect it to be packed on warm days. read more

Homestead Park - Trail attached - Parks Near Me - Hilliard, Ohio

Homestead is a small, but popular, park! It always seems to be hopping when we visit. There is a paved trail loop inside the park that's less than a mile, but it does connect to the 6+ mile Heritage Trail, if you're looking for a longer jaunt. What makes it particularly interesting is that it has a lot of interesting things to see and do, even in the small space. There's a really neat covered bridge, several very nice shelters, ranging from more basic to the fancier Lakeside Pavilion, two playgrounds, historic railroad pieces, including both buildings and train cars, and basketball and volleyball courts. There are also a lot of picnic tables, a fishing pond, and an amphitheater. There are multiple parking lots available throughout the park. The Barn Shelter has a small naturalist office, and they offer some fun programs and activities, like scavenger hunts for the kids. For the past couple of years, they've also put up lights during the month of December, which has been very enjoyable to stroll through too! read more

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So much fun for my two grandchildren! Plenty of options with multiple playgrounds. Lots of shade. Good safety features.

Oh curiosity unsatisfied, questions unanswered. Why is this 44-acre, almost right-triangular shaped metro park named Homestead? I tried looking on the intertubes but found no explanation. Oh well. Seems there may be an interesting storyline, historic background, and/or a piece of local lore we are missing out on. Or it might be a name created by random darts on a board--who knows. What is known is that Homestead is a colorful, fresh, and inviting green space full of activities for children and adults. The theme seems to be locomotives--trains, perhaps a call back to the abandon traction line that runs the hypothenuse of the triangle which now is the Heritage multi-use trail. A real train caboose is on the grounds; large, blue and metallic the Conrail car has stairs so one can walk on its platforms but the doors are lock. Not sure if they open them up at times for tours of the inner cabin. There is a children play area that looks new. It is fun looking with a tunnel underneath a platform the leads to jungle gyms and playground rides. On the grounds is an amphitheater, two fishing pond, shelters, clean indoor bathrooms, pavilions, sand volleyball courts, basketball courts, and a cover bridge. There is a multi-use causeway that lines the outer edge of Homestead; its dips and rises and runs makes a great speed ride after biking Heritage. The grounds have different grass and meadows, fields and trees. There is plenty parking. It is a nice metro in the Cosgray sprawl for activity and peacefulness. read more

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I LOVE this park. Seriously. LOVE IT! This park is a great park to visit for family get togethers, showers, picnics, or even just to push your kid on the swing or slide. Its a cool place where there are various different places for the kids to play, rollerblade and play volleyball. The walking course around the area I believe is 3/4 of a mile, but it is very well maintained and easy to walk. I've come here to take pictures of the covered bridge, gazebo and other parts of the park. My husband and I brought our bridal party here in October for some pictures as well. Great place to visit and quiet too - great place to go for a get together of some kind!! (Not sure if dogs are allowed here - on or off leash.) read more

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Great park, perfect for anybody, lots of play areas for kids and adults. Nice walking areas. Nice picnic areas. This has been my family's go to park for years. read more

Such a beautiful & fun park! Tons to do for busy little boys! Multiple play areas, trail & a nature center (not extensive but they have done fun things to look at like turtles & a snake). Bathrooms are also available. read more

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This park is amazing. Some of the most creatively designed playgrounds I've seen and there's a couple of them. There's also a water play park and a special playground for toddlers. There's grills to cook out on everywhere, covered picnic areas, a butterfly garden, a train car to climb on, real bathrooms, soda machine, water fountains (that never work), an antique tractor to climb up on, basketball courts, volleyball courts, tetherball poles, ponds. There's paved trails that go all around and through the park and it links up with the Heritage Trail that stretches clear across town. There's also a course for roller bladers, which is something pretty rare. I would think it would also be good for racing RC cars; just an idea. It's very close to Hilliard Municipal Park too, which also has a great playground, water park and gym. (http://www.yelp.com/biz/hilliard-municipal-park-hilliard) Here's a link to this park on so you can map it: http://gowal.la/s/5gx8 read more

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Yet another place I know I reviewed before... It's a great park, as a park. Five stars as a park, four as a riding place. Open spaces, trails, playgrounds, ample parking, ponds, basketball and volleyball courts, etc. A couple of railroad-themed buildings, and a real caboose. A covered bridge. Great for kids, and for adults. I use it for bike rides, and it connects to the heritage trail so you can explore a bit. Only problem is the trails don't quite connect to the city park, so you have to ride on Cosgray in sections- not cool. Hilliard needs to connect things up, and take a little better care of them, for me to be a true fan of their bike paths. read more

The kids love all the trails and options for playing. They used to have a water squirt area that they removed. I think they could add some more equipment with how big the grounds are. read more

Dude, this playground is niiiiiiiice. There's a tunnel. There's also like a train station and an actual train car; you can't go in it, but it's still there so if your kids are into trains then you're about to be looking like a hero for taking them here. Great place for kids. read more

The best part about Homestead Park is the squirt gun tower. No matter your age, you can climb aboard this ship and pretend to be defending good or purporting evil as you shoot at your buddies (or random small children) on the ground below. There are guns on the ground too, but everyone knows the higher ground has the advantage. But Homestead is more than a squirt gun tower. There are two swing set and jungle gym areas along with basketball courts. There's plenty of grassland to roam around on, and the picnic pavilion is large enough to hold a family reunion in. I think this park is built for boys. There's a sandbox area with mechanical dump trucks and tons of tunnels and slides to crawl down and under and through. If you have kids of varying ages, this might also be a good place for you. The playground areas are broken up into sections appropriate for bigger, more boisterous children and sections designated for younger kids who are still working on those motor skills. read more

This is a great park in Hilliard (technically Washington Township) that has something for everyone! The entrance is off of Cosgray Road and you can't miss it. In order to be brief I will summarize all you can do in this park. This list doesn't even include the large green spaces and paved walking path around the whole thing. 1. It is adjacent to the Heritage Rail Trail for biking, jogging, scootering, etc. This awesome bike path starts in downtown old Hilliard and goes for miles towards Plain City with a few jumping on and off points along the way. 2. There is a large "castle-like" playground with water guns that is a kid favorite in warm weather - bring a towel! 3. Shelters for all occasions - there are a variety of shelter for public use and reservations (only Washington Twp residents can reserve!). They range from a small barn with outdoor picnic area, to a large pavilion overlooking the lake and are great for meeting places. 4. Mini-bike/race trail - I have had big wheel races for kids on this little road course near the water play area - not sure if that was the original design, but it works great. 5. Basketball courts - self explanatory 6. Railroad cars - decorative, but cool, with a little depot, too! 7. Big fishing pond/lake - lots of fish and frogs. This park gets a lot of use, but with good reason, take advantage if you are in the area!! read more

I used to come here when I was younger. They used to have a sick water park but not anymore..I was pretty disappointed. Great place for birthday parties. Plenty of covered shelters, grilles, bathrooms. There's a train kids can walk on, a basketball court. Good amount of parking. The play space by entrance is nice place to have a water gun fight.. Definitely not the park I remember as a kid. Oh well read more

Great park but it has one glaring negative this summer (2013), no water for their little water park area. They need to fix their water issue and then this will be my favorite park, It is close to my house with a great kid's play area so i frequent it often. My daughter loves the variety. The kid's playground: 4 toddler swings, 4 older kid swings in different areas, two decent playhouse/slide areas again for older and younger, tunnels to walk through, sandbox (ugh,,but I just don't think I want my daughter playing an open sandbox), and some shade around the play area. Then there is a 2nd small play area with a few swings, sand area, and train. This play area is small but a perfect area to go if the other play area is overrun by kids. The water area looks pretty nice but I haven't been here yet when it was working Pavilions and ponds provide nice areas for groups. There are numerous places to sit in or out of the sun. They have activities on special days and open areas for ultimate frisbee, soccer, running, or other field sports. They have a path for running and it connects to the rails & Trails that heads out to Plain City. Great park for group outings. read more

This is actually a really good park. It has open areas you can play football or whatever in. I remember as a kid I loved coming here. Nice open environment too. read more

This park is amazing! Iv'e been there multiple times and have never been disappointed but once when the water castle area wasn't operating. With underground tunnels (amazing) to walk through. Its cool to go under your kids and say hi. They also have a large water castle battle zone where there are lots of squirt guns ( like the ones on a sink ) that you can shoot opponents with. Its a great place to take kids ages 3-11 for the park, and ages 7- anyone for the water tower castle battle arena. Its great, with a large range of slides, climbing, swings, towers, paths, fishing, tunnels, and FUN read more

Childhood favorite! 4 playgrounds, great walking trails, old caboose, VERY reasonable to rent out spaces for parties, I can't say enough great things about this place! read more

Is still a great park but the water gun park was removed in 2014 and there was a plan to replace it but that didn't happen.