Bring out your inner Robin Hood or Katniss Everdeen and fly your arrows at giant foam animal targets on our 3D archery course at Scioto Grove Metro Park, which boasts 12 monster targets set along two trails. Enjoy 10 miles of primitive backpacking trails at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park along the Big and Little Darby Creeks, or sign up for one of our four overnight backpacking sites. For additional information or to make a reservation for one of the overnight backpacking sites at the park, visit our page at SignUpGenius.
Backpacking is available at Scioto Grove every weekend Friday and Saturday nights , from the first weekend in April through the last weekend in October.
Fresh air and beautiful scenery! Metro Parks has about 75 miles of trails that provide both to you in abundance. Nearly all of our trails are paved, closed to traffic and up to 12 feet wide. Enjoy a bike ride with friends or family on the bike trails at any of the following 14 parks. You can also ride on park roads and on picnic area paths. This is the only place you can use a motorized boat at Metro Parks, but Prairie Oaks is the place for you if you want to get out on the water in a small sail boat or other non-motorized craft.
Bring your canoe or kayak down to one of our creek or river access points and enjoy hours of fun floating on a central Ohio waterway. Rising 40 feet into the air at Blacklick Woods, this wide boardwalk loops for an eighth-of-a-mile through the canopy of trees, including maples, beech, shagbark hickory and various oaks. The walk affords fabulous views of the surrounding beech-maple forest and parkland, and is great for birdwatching.
The boardwalk is also accessible via steps. There is an even higher viewing platform, above the elevator tower, standing 55 feet above the forest floor. Access to the viewing platform is by further steps. There are a total of 99 steps from the forest floor to the top-most viewing platform. The Canopy Walk also includes features for adventure or relaxation.
