Alum Creek Park North is the City’s first park, dedicated in 1936. It includes an amphitheater, shelter house, cabin for the Boy Scouts, basketball courts, sand volleyball and a playground. Playground has a train and large sand area too!
All inclusive playground with several types of play activities. Includes a roller slide and roller table and a lot of shade! There are some elements of a baseball theme.
There’s also another playground within walking distance near the tennis courts.
Aquatic Center is located here along with tennis courts, soccer fields, shelters and picnic areas.
Playground for 2-12 year olds with musical play equipment as well. Portajohn on site.
Large park offering tennis courts, athletic fields, pool, plus grassy areas, trails and playground. Many local events are held here!
This park offers shade! It has two playgrounds to enjoy. There are swings, a house for imagination and play. It also has bridges to climb on and variety of swings.
Continue past the Delaware YMCA and you’ll find this park. There’s a HUGE playground and one of the most exciting features is the dinosaur skull slide. Seasonally, there is a dinosaur themed splash pad open and a concession stand. The bathrooms are very clean. There are shaded shelters to sit and eat. You could spend a long time at this park.
This park has been recently remodeled and has a nautical theme. There is an area for little kids and one for bigger kids. Across the main street is Rockin’ Jump, so this is a good spot to visit before or after the kids jump around there.
There’s lots to see and explore at this park. Close to one of the parking lot areas is the playground. Boating, fishing, hiking and checking out the Hoover Dam are popular activities here.
This 653-acre park offers a waterfowl refuge & a nature center plus disc golf & ice-skating. Blendon Woods contains spectacular stream-cut ravines with exposed ripple rock sandstone and open fields surrounded by beech-maple and oak-hickory forests. The 653-acre park is a great place to see a variety of songbirds, waterfowl and other wildlife, especially the flock of wild turkeys meandering about in search of food. The 118-acre Walden Waterfowl Refuge with its 11-acre Thoreau Lake provides a sanctuary for hundreds of birds, ducks and other wildlife. Open year-round, it features two elevated observation shelters with spotting scopes for viewing waterfowl.
This 44-acre park offers a quiet, country atmosphere with a covered bridge, train station replica and two barns. Other features include shelters, a 2.5-acre fishing pond, play equipment, and courts for sand volleyball and basketball. A three-quarter mile paved trail, great for hiking, biking, running, or walking your leashed pet, winds through the park and connects to the 6.1-mile Heritage Rail Trail.
Two playgrounds for older and younger children with swings. Ice Skating is seasonal , nature area, and soccer fields and baseball fields.
This park has basketball courts and a shelter too!
Playground, sand volleyball court, pond, shelters, tennis courts.
Tennis courts, basketball court, playground, baseball diamonds, gazebo and pond with fountain. A lot of activities take place at this famous spot!
3 parks in one! Zip line along with 2 playgrounds- one is a blue green area and then a wooden castle playground. There is a third smaller playground around the corner as well.
Olde Sawmill Park is located in Northwest Columbus, just north of 1-270 off of Sawmill Rd. The park features a playground, paved walking paths, a basketball court, a shelter house, picnic tables, and plenty of open space for outdoor activities.
A smaller park with a vehicle theme. There is a monster truck, a boat, and a train to climb on for your kiddos!
Time has been turned back to the 1880s at Slate Run Living Historical Farm. Experience first-hand what life was like on an Ohio farm. As you stroll through the gardens, barns and farmhouse, you will see the farm costumed staff and volunteers going about their daily chores. Pigs, geese, turkeys, Percheron horses and other heirloom animals can be seen.
The gothic revival farmhouse was built in 1856 and restored by Metro Parks for authenticity. Guests can tour the living room, parlor and kitchen and watch the ladies prepare the meals and tend the house. The multi-bay barn was built by Samuel Oman, the fourth owner of Slate Run Farm, and restored by Amish carpenters.
New Playground has been added in Spring of 2019. Follow signs to the Buzzard Roost Picnic Area!
This is a nice small playground. It has a rubber surface so no wood chips to deal with.
There’s a really nice shelter house that can be rented.
This is a unique playground area with several playhouses that kids can go inside and use for pretend play. There are swings, a slide, a pretend fire truck to drive, some musical equipment and a few other things to keep the kids busy. The large shelter house can be rented out for parties and includes a fireplace, kitchen area and bathroom. Take a walk through the nature area to see the river.