Metro Park Downtown Columbus
Nature parks in columbus.
Metro park downtown columbus. The park is a major bird migration stopover and as such hosts the grange insurance audubon center. Center of science and industry cosi german village. Grange insurance audubon center. The park features numerous trails wetlands rock climbing volleyball and bocce courts and numerous other amenities.
About 40 minutes from downtown columbus you ll find clear creek metro park in rockbridge oh. Scioto audubon metro park is a public park and nature preserve in columbus ohio. Columbus and franklin county metro parks metro parks is a public agency serving the citizens of central ohio by providing a regional system of clean safe natural area parks. Just be sure to display a special permit.
Things to do near scioto audubon metro park. The most urban of the metro parks scioto audubon is located in the brewery district near downtown columbus. The escape room usa columbus. Columbus franklin county metro parks closed on the land adding it to the 62 acres purchased last year.
Riding a two wheeled motorcycle moped or scooter. Located along the banks of the scioto river just south of downtown columbus the park resulted from a partnership between the city of columbus ohio audubon and columbus metro parks to bring nature to the capital city. Columbus downtown development corporation. Nestled just north of hocking hills state park and west of wayne national forest clear creek metro park is the largest state nature preserve in ohio.
The 600 acre quarry was purchased by wagenbrenner development and the parts of the quarry that won t be used by metro parks will be developed into offices single family homes and condos retail space and multi family homes. You may legally park in any space a four wheeled vehicle can. It is a great trail for commuting downtown. Metro parks manages 8 miles of the trail from sr 104 north to bicentennial park veteran s memorial west to souder avenue and confluence park west through marble cliff to fifth avenue and patrols to other.
Front street ste 210 columbus oh 43215. Metro parks features 19 outstanding natural area parks with more than 230 miles of trails and over 27 700 acres of land in seven central ohio counties. The park is managed by the columbus and franklin county metro parks and is part of the scioto mile network of parks and trails around downtown columbus. Downtown columbus has lots of different parking options including street parking surface lots and garages.
Or you can park in a designated two wheel vehicles only spot. At the western edge is the grange insurance audubon center considered the first nature center built in close proximity to a downtown area.