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Pickerington Ponds Metro Park

I visited this park immediately after Blacklick woods since they are in the same area. They were about a 15 minute drive apart. The park has several areas that are just for viewing different wildlife and birds. There were provided telescopes but my phone camera can’t zoom in enough to get a good picture. TheContinue reading “Pickerington Ponds Metro Park”

Blacklick Woods Metro Park

I visited this park on my own and was happy to find it is probably my second favorite metro park now. The trail I walked on was gravel and some dirt and super shady the whole time. The trail it’s self was comparable to high banks without the hills. I did a small 2-3 mileContinue reading “Blacklick Woods Metro Park”

Walnut Woods Metro Park 7/23/18

This morning I picked up Diana at 8:30 and we drove about 30 minutes to walnut woods metro park despite my many wrong turns. We parked at the buckeye area and started our day on the buckeye trail. Diana has never hiked before but she walks really far all the time so I was excitedContinue reading “Walnut Woods Metro Park 7/23/18”

Dawes Arboretum 7/4/18

Jeff and I stopped and spent about two hours here on the way to Columbus, it was way bigger than I was expecting. We did the auto tour and stopped and all the points of interest and walked around. This garden can be viewed from the nature center Japanese Garden Jeff on Holly Hill DawesContinue reading “Dawes Arboretum 7/4/18”

Prairie Oaks Metro Park 6/20

Visited this metro park for an afternoon hike with Ashley. The lakes were really pretty, wish we had a kayak or paddle board to enjoy them more. The water levels in Big Darby creek were high but it looks like a nice river to kayak down as well. Big Darby Creek Bridge over the creekContinue reading “Prairie Oaks Metro Park 6/20”

Homestead and Heritage Trail Metro Park 6/19

Visited these two parks alone today for some quiet reading time in my hammock. Homestead is a quiet and small little park, it would be really nice to have a wedding or special event at. The field of wild flowers and my secluded hammock spot was my favorite part. I just drove through the heritageContinue reading “Homestead and Heritage Trail Metro Park 6/19”

Inniswood Metro Gardens 5/3/18

The prettiest metro park for sure.

Glacier Ridge Metro Park 5/2/18

Played frisbee golf and checked out the wetlands. Most of the park is paved and in direct sunlight, would prefer to come back with a bike!

Clear Creek Metro Park 5/1/18

Today Jeff and I visited Clear Creek Metro Park which is the farthest one from Columbus. It is an hour drive and it’s almost right next to hocking hills. We hiked from one end of the park to the other and walked back on the main road next to the creek for a total ofContinue reading “Clear Creek Metro Park 5/1/18”

Good Links to Places I want to Backpack

WordPress site with lots of backpacking info endlessmountains.com/wordpress Loyalsock- Link-Loop Trail Begins in World’s End State Park (PA) Approx 7 hours away from Columbus, close to Towanda https://endlessmountains.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/loyalsock-link-loop/ 17.5 miles

Scioto Grove Metro Park

Today Jeff and I went to Scioto Grove Metro Park and hiked about 5 miles around the perimeter of the park. The REI river trail is really pretty and we want to come back and camp one day to test out our backpacking gear even though it’s a really small park! REI made the riverContinue reading “Scioto Grove Metro Park”