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nature preserve where salamanders, chorus frogs, and wood ducks among other aquatic life and amphibians can be found. Fox, Rabbits, and White-Tailed Deer can also be seen throughout the park. It is also well known as a good spot for bird watching. The Golf Course has been certified by
Audubon International as a Cooperative Sanctuary. The Blacklick Woods Nature Center with Naturalists and volunteers is also available to answer questions.
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oak trees, some more than 250 years old. The northern part of the nature preserve contains the Spring Hollow
Outdoor Education Center lands. The ravine bottom around Spring Creek has a multitude of different trees including various sycamore, butternut, black walnut, Ohio buckeye, pawpaw and red elm.
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in central Ohio. In the southern area of the preserve you can find an assortment of white and pin oak, white ash with specimens of red maple, red elm, shagbark and bitternut hickory, hophornbeam, American hornbeam and dogwood. There are also wetlands and seasonable ponds in the southern area of the
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quarry in the United States from its opening in the mid-19th century until its sale around 1985. On
November 30, 2021, the first 62-acre section of the park opened to the public and allows for biking, hiking, fishing, rock climbing, canoeing, paddle-boarding, floating boardwalks, a zipline, and a
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Pickerington Ponds is a 1,608-acre (651 ha) park with several trails and 5 overlooks for bird and other wildlife watching. A State Nature
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The southern part of the nature preserve which contains several trails and an observation deck contains fields, and meadows accompanying forests such as oak-hickory association with scattered beech with a recovering elm-ash swamp forest including red elm, with white, green and blue ash trees.
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Rocky Fork Metro Park is in
Westerville, Ohio. It features about 1,000 acres (400 ha) of woods and fields. The park includes a bridle trail, dog park and off-leash dog trail, a paved trail and nature trails plus a picnic shelter and wetlands. Rocky Fork runs through the park, which is a
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Franklin County Battelle Darby Creek is the largest Metro Park at over 7,103 acres (2,874 ha). The park encompasses lands and creek beds north and south of the confluence of the Big and Little Darby Creeks. Unique features include restored
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In Hilliard, Ohio, Homestead is a 44-acre (18 ha) park in Hilliard featuring a covered bridge, a replica train station and an outdoor amphitheater. It has a 0.75-mile paved trail which connects to the 7-mile Heritage Trail, which runs along the park's western border.
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Schrock Lake provides fishing opportunities as well as ample opportunities for bird watching. A multi-use trail runs along the perimeter of the park. along with 4 additional designated trails that traverse various areas of Sharon Woods Metro Park.
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where it is located, this park is among the most frequently visited. The park also includes the 320-acre (130 ha) Edward S. Thomas Nature Preserve containing eight different species of
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1036:"GLACIER RIDGE OPENS SUNDAY - New Metro Park boasts multiuse trails"
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1296:Map of all parks with descriptions
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806:Wilde, Renee (2021-05-25).
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732:"Metro Parks Annual Report"
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2008:Mary Jane Thurston
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