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.
The park also boasts eight softball diamonds; a preserved wooded area for bird watching or nature walks; a one-mile recreational trail for walking or biking; a sledding hill; and Discovery Frontier, an all-accessible playground featuring a space theme. Rotary Lake at Fryer Park is an ideal location for scenic picnics or fishing
Two separate playgrounds- one for older and younger. Two fun dinosaurs to play on and tennis courts, basketball courts, drinking fountain, and soccer fields.
The 7.8-acre East Granville Park is a wonderful spot for viewing wildflowers throughout the year. This park features a playground, tot lot, shelter house, drinking fountain and picnic tables. It also includes the Moses Wright Nature Area, a woodland with trails. The land originally belonged to renowned Worthington lawyer and Judge James E. Wright and his heirs, including his son Moses Wright.
22 acre eco-friendly park, Henceroth features a wooded nature trail, solar lights, a playground made from recycled materials, and a walk/run/bike path with exercise equipment. The butterfly garden and bluebird boxes add an element of beauty as wel
A Variety of gardens that are beautiful in each season, along with a playground, green space, feeding ducks or fishing as well as a stroll through the gardens or gazebo to explore and use imaginations!
Two playgrounds for older and younger children with swings. Ice Skating is seasonal , nature area, and soccer fields and baseball fields.
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.
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 playground has just been revamped and reopened recently. There’s a soft rubber surface at the playground with multiple climbing structures. The playground is enclosed with a fence and there are a few trees outside of the fence area to offer from shade. There is inclusive equipment such as ramps and swings that can be used by children of all abilities. On the playground structure, there are several interactive pieces that play music when pressed.
Near the playground are basketball courts, sand volleyball and tennis courts. There’s also a fishing pond and during the winter a hill to use for sledding.
This park has basketball courts and a shelter too!
The main playground of Mingo Park is under construction (as of July 2020) but the sign said it would be opening in May 2020.
Although the bigger equipment isn’t open, there’s still a slide, swings, little kid area and a few other things to do. The park had lots of shade under the kiddie area and trees in the lawn area where people were having picnics.
There’s also a skate park. Here’s that website: Mingo Park Skate Park
Near the pool area (closed summer 2020) is a creek. There’s a swing you can sit on and watch the water.
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!
Visitors enjoy the area’s only “Boundless Playground”, butterfly garden, a bird watching station and fire pit. Take the opportunity to walk or bike the park’s 1.2 mile paved trail and enjoy a hike through the woods on the hiking trail.
Cool off with the park’s splash pad, which is open from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. The Splash Pad is now closed for the season.
Large green space with a pong and tennis courts along with two separate playgrounds. This park also has a Blue Jackets Play 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.
Highbanks is named for its massive 100-foot-high shale bluff towering over the Olentangy State Scenic River. Tributary streams cutting across the bluff have created a number of deep ravines in the eastern part of the 1,200-acre park. Ohio and Olentangy shales, often containing outstanding large concretions, are exposed on the bluff face and sides of the ravines. Plenty of playgrounds all throughout the park!
Aquatic Center is located here along with tennis courts, soccer fields, shelters and picnic areas.
The 1.4-acre Heischman Park is located along Worthington-Galena Road. This small neighborhood park includes a playground, tot lot, picnic tables and a drinking fountain. The playground was renovated in 2016. Now utilized by neighboring residents, we know that pioneers traveled this way before. While digging in some flower beds, a parks crew technician found an old iron horseshoe from times past.
This park offers a toddler section as well as a playground for older children. There is a Handel’s nearby so it’s a good place to get ice cream and then play!
A great combo of splash pad and dinosaur themed splash pad. A shelter is on the property that can be rented. There is a lot of shaded areas for lunch here and a place to cool off. Bathrooms are on site and is very kid friendly!