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Heritage Park
Park
29 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Westerville
Westerville, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.8% of Westerville is conserved land, roughly 548 acres. There are about 7.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Heritage Park (1.2 mi) and Inniswood Metro Gardens (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Westerville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Westerville outdoors
Conserved land
6.8%
548 of 8,112 acres
Trails
7.8 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
26
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
47.8 mi
2.6 mi lanes · 35.5 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
Inniswood Metro Gardens
Park
138 acres1 mi of trail
Boardwalk TrailSpring Run TrailFrog Talk Walk
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Highlands Park
Park
39 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Metzger Park
Park
31 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Towers Park
Park
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Hoff Woods Park
Park
56 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Millstone Creek Park
Park
16 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Boyer Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
12 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 26 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 26 parks & preserves
Heritage Park29 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Inniswood Metro Gardens138 acres · 1 mi of trail
Highlands Park39 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Metzger Park31 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Towers Park13 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Hoff Woods Park56 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Millstone Creek Park16 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Boyer Nature Preserve12 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Walnut Ridge Park10 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Hannah Mayne Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Westerville
Showing 1–10 of 25 playgrounds
Towers ParkIn Towers Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Metzger Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Alum Creek North Park
Unnamed playground in Alum Creek North Park
Unnamed playground in Alum Creek South Park
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 1.3 miUnpaved 2.2 mi
- Boardwalk Trail0.5 mi
- Spring Run Trail0.3 mi
- Frog Talk Walk0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
548 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths35.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes9.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball49
- Tennis25
- Soccer24
- Football10
- Basketball9
- Pickleball6
- Beach volleyball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Westerville
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 481 acState Conservation Area 33 acLocal Recreation Area 31 acPrivate Park 1 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inniswood Metro GardensLocal Park | Regional agency | 92 | Open |
| Heritage ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 48 | Open |
| Westerville Sports ComplexLocal Park | Town or city | 47 | Open |
| Highlands ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 40 | Open |
| Hoff Woods ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 37 | Open |
| Alum CreekState Conservation Area | Town or city | 33 | Open |
| Paul S. MetzgerLocal Recreation Area | Town or city | 31 | Open |
| Huber Village ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 30 | Open |
| Alum Creek Park SouthLocal Park | Town or city | 29 | Open |
| Cherrington ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 21 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Community Center StatueStatue
Hobbie's DilemmaStatue
Saint Paul the Apostle ParishChurch
Turtle MoundIn Inniswood Metro Gardens · Monument
Venus ReduxIn Westerville Sports Complex · Statue
Veterans' MemorialIn Westerville Sports Complex · Memorial
Methodist CemeteryCemetery
Otterbein CemeteryCemetery
West Pioneer CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Westerville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Westerville'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 20-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.