This park is absolutely beautiful!! It's also connected to the Marysville Estates Mobile Home…read moreCommunity where my mom lives so it's super easy to access the walking trail from there! I love how convinent this park is as well as the family friendly atmosphere! The walking trail is absolutely gorgeous and offers so many photo opportunities!!

A great, mid-size park in the middle of town. I'd been nearby before but never seen it, and I'm…read moreglad I stopped in. Small parking area near the street. A little building with restrooms. Two playgrounds! A shelter, a basketball court, a bridge to the rear part of the park. Trails there, along the creek. Very nice overall. Shady, a good place for a break on a hot day, and plenty to do.

This is a lovely and peaceful park accessible via either the nearby neighborhood, which connects by…read morea short trail, or via the Alum Creek Greenway Trail, where it's located between Strawberry Farms Park and Parkridge Park. This is a wild space with no real amenities outside of the greenway trail. It has a beautiful wooded area and some meadow space. It is a nice and relaxing place to walk or bike through. The bridge on the side that connects to Parkridge Park is a very neat looking one that offers a good view of the creek. It's excellent as part of the trail connection.

Very nice and scenic park. Plenty of fishing areas to hiking areas. It's a pretty long strip and…read morehas a park. Good area and very clean.

They don't care about planting the trees we procured for them! Almost 50 trees were destroyed due…read moreto apathy! ALL of them still in bucket or. Live above ground The Paw Paw trees ( area our state fruit, the ONLY citrus to be grown in Ohio have been ignored going on 7 months now !! NO BUENO And they want us to pass a bill giving them more money?? What on earth for???

This seems to be called both Beechwold Park and Beechwold Nature Preserve in the Columbus city…read moresites and new nature preserve booklet, in which it is featured. This is a really lovely little area nestled within a neighborhood. There is plentiful street parking. You can stroll along the trail along the top of the ravine, or head down into the stream and walk around down there. On our recent visit, it was a bit snowy/icy, so we kept to the top trail to enjoy the lovely, quiet woods with its large trees and look down at the stream. We'd love to go back and head down into the ravine sometime. There's also a neat rustic bridge at one end of the park (easy to find since it is conveniently located on a road named for it - Rustic Bridge Road). The trails are not long, so this is more of a cute neighborhood park to enjoy as opposed a place to go for a long hike/run.

Beechwold Park is a cute little ravine in the middle of Old Beechwold. However, walking around the…read moreneighborhood will be a more interesting trip than walking down the ravine and out the other side - that would take less than 2 minutes. If you're looking for a park to play, or walk a pet, this isn't it, but if you want a jumping off point for a nice neighborhood stroll, I think it's a decent option.

This was such a clean and nice park. I met up some friends and we parked at the first parking on…read morethe left. There was a clean bathroom facility that we used before our hike. The short hike through the woods took us to the canopy that reminded me of an old wooden rollercoaster. We followed the trail to the Nature Preserve Center. It was small but very clean and also had a nice bathroom and water fountain inside. They also had frogs, snakes, fishes and turtles in little cages and a little play area inside and outside for small kids. We walked under the whimsical string lights to the canopy and climbed the steps up. The view was stunning! We were very high up. The top had a rope bridge that was a bit scary because I am afraid of heights and there was also a fireman's pole you can slide down just one floor. It was so nice up there! I just wished we had sunshine. We walked the longer trail back to our cars. It was paved and clean. There were a few other hikers, runners and bikers but it was pretty quiet. I absolutely enjoyed this park. I had over 11,000 steps when I got back to my car. It went by so quick I didn't even feel tired. I can't wait to take my family there.

I have been wanting to check out the canopy walk at Blacklick for a while now - maybe a couple…read moreyears?! Well, yesterday - a girlfriend, my daughter, and I finally went and had a good time! We enjoyed a hike on the paved trail - I'm not sure how many trails there are or how many are paved, but this was a four-mile trail. It was a nice and smooth trail! If you're looking for calm/quiet hike - this may not be the metro park for you. You hear a lot of noise - cars rushing by, we heard a guy on a PA system not too far away, etc. Also, it could be because of where we parked, but I didn't see many signs for different paths/trails like at other metro parks. We went with the paved one since it was the closest to where we parked, but that's about it. We didn't see any signs for other paths/trails throughout the four-mile hike either. The canopy walk was fun! It was my favorite park of our hike! However, be prepared for lots of steps to get up to the canopies! While I consider myself fairly in shape, I was out of breath by the time I got to the top. For those of you worried about the steps, there is an elevator to get to the canopies as well! We had some cute photos opps and enjoyed our time in the "newer" area. There's a tiny kids area up there too! The only "concern" we had while up there was a tall tree that was swaying. The concern was more for the hikers below - not for those up at the canopies. Overall, we had a fun experience! I would definitely recommend Blacklick Woods Metro Park for a nice change of scenery and for the canopy walk!

This park can be found hidden beneath the streets of Clintonville residents, down in the ravine,…read morewhere water flows and wildlife takes over. I would have never known this was here if a friend didn't live nearby and tell me all about it. On my visit I accessed the park by traveling down some steep stairs and crossing a little bridge that gets you across the small creek that runs through. I quickly discovered a handful of miniature trails that sprawl out from the center of the park and into the little crevasses of the neighborhood bordering the area. I noticed a good number of other park goers, several super happy pups, and unfortunately a ton of trash. This is obviously what caused me to dock a star from my rating, such a bummer. Clean up after yourself people, there was seriously trash everywhere. My favorite part about this park is the tunnel with the giant birds painted across it. The acoustics once you're inside are major and during my visit there was a young man playing a flute. The sound carried so beautifully, it made my day. My second favorite part was spotting an owl high up in a tree. Owls are definitely my spirit animal, so cool! I'll definitely be back to this park. Fingers crossed it's cleaned up a bit.

Glen Echo is a fun ravine to explore, nestled amongst the streets of Clintonville. You can walk…read morethere if you're in the area, or use street parking. There are a few different ways to enter the park - pay attention to signage indicating private property areas and to when some entrances are closed (i.e. during the winter, the steps may be closed if ice is a concern). There's a main path running through the park, next to which are various signs explaining the history and nature of the area, which runs into the tunnel with the beautiful bird paintings, which is, unfortunately, showing its age these days. Other paths branch off, allowing you to explore the nearby woods, and you can also go down what used to be an old street and enjoy that too. It's a nice place to explore near the city!

Beautiful park, with PLENTY to see and do, even on a cold-ish, cloudy day. I made a quick, last…read moreminute detour here on a recent visit over to Columbus, and was really glad I did. Lot of trails (though not QUITE as well-marked as this directionally "challenged" hiker might like!!) and there's also a nice nature center, full of great displays, and apparently, some interesting community events (and great restrooms!!). I parked near the nature center, got my bearings, and decided to hike the shorter orange and yellow trails, which looped me around back to where I started in the parking lot area. Beautiful, lots to see, "somewhat" well-marked, but I made it out, so very do-able!! I wanted to also take the "Lake Trail," but didn't realize at first that it was the paved trail that started at the Nature Center. Once I realized I was heading in the right direction, it was a quick, easy trek to the two observation "shacks" on the shores of the park's beautiful Thoreau Lake. DON'T skip this short, scenic hike... Well worth the trip!! Blendon Woods (and all the other Metro Parks in the region) is a GREAT place for a day (or more...) in nature. Picnic pavilions, playgrounds, educational programs at the nature center, lots of trails... Definitely a four season GEM!! Check it out!!

Amazing, playgrounds, amazing nature, Center and as a teacher, I had an amazing time with a…read morenaturalist taking my fifth graders on a field trip here. There is so much to see so much to learn and beautiful wildlife and forest. You will definitely see turkeys if you stick around either walking the road or on the trails. We have had beautiful winter walks and times in the summer herewith family.

So this is a rather sweet park! You aren't quite sure why this place has so many starts as you…read moredrive in and you're like... how can this be the park to the right? The answer to this is being patient. Drive down and find the 'lower' parking lot, jump out and wander under the freeway overpass and that's when you go... 'holy cow, this is gorgeous!!' The lake is so pretty, the paths are well marked. This would be a go to spot during the fall color changes as the reflections off the lake would be pretty much what dreams are made of. Lots of space on walkway that goes all the way around the lake so you never feel crowded. Shows like 1.3miles but I'd guess closer to 2.0 miles but it's all pretty much flat and groomed. If you're ever in this area, plan a good walk with your significant other, put your phone in your pocket, hold their hands and just talk about how amazing your life is with them in it. And don't forget. Listen to what they have to say.

Nice active park off the 315 highway. It has walking trail(gravel) along the lake. Plus paved all…read morepurpose trail that leads along the highways 315 and 161. Great place for dogs and people who like to fish. I only docked a star for the restroom facilities. Leaves a lot to be desired