1
Blendon Woods Metro Park
Nature preserve
660 acres6.7 mi of trail
Sugarbush TrailGoldenrod TrailBrookside TrailOverlook TrailRipple Rock
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Columbus
Columbus, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.5% of Columbus is conserved land, roughly 12,257 acres. There are about 141 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Blendon Woods Metro Park (6.7 mi), Franklin Park (5.3 mi), and Three Creeks Metro Park (5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Columbus, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Columbus outdoors
Conserved land
8.5%
12,257 of 144,992 acres
Trails
141 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 87 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
290
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
309.7 mi
59.3 mi lanes · 148.9 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Franklin Park
Park
83 acres5.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Three Creeks Metro Park
Nature preserve
1,151 acres5 mi of trail
Evergreen TrailBluebell Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Quarry Trails Metro Park
Park
224 acres4.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Scioto Audubon Metro Park
Park
124 acres2.7 mi of trail
Columbus Rotary Obstacle CourseHermit Thrush Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Pickerington Ponds Metro Park
Nature preserve
721 acres2.5 mi of trail
Arrowhead TrailMeadow Lark Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Antrim Park
Park
130 acres2.5 mi of trail
Antrim Lake LoopEMS Access to Dam
Dog rules not recorded
8
Krumm Park
Park
37 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 290 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 290 parks & preserves
Blendon Woods Metro Park660 acres · 6.7 mi of trail
Franklin Park83 acres · 5.3 mi of trail
Three Creeks Metro Park1,151 acres · 5 mi of trail
Quarry Trails Metro Park224 acres · 4.8 mi of trail
Scioto Audubon Metro Park124 acres · 2.7 mi of trail
Pickerington Ponds Metro Park721 acres · 2.5 mi of trail
Antrim Park130 acres · 2.5 mi of trail
Krumm Park37 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Wilma H. Shiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park33 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Whetstone Park153 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Who protects the land
12,257 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 511 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes59.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths148.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes101.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis291
- Baseball198
- Basketball185
- Soccer150
- Football36
- Beach volleyball31
- Pickleball24
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Columbus and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Columbus's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 76-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.