The fountain and the fog machine are fabulous. It's quite a site and very enjoyable to sit here for…read morea bit on a hot day. The kids playing and shouting were having a grand time too. The challenges are parking (it's not free) and not being the creepy old guy looking at kids playing in the fountain. [Review 1331 of 2024 - 250 in Ohio - 22354 overall]

I highly recommend visiting this park and exploring the area. It's really pretty here with…read morebeautiful views!

This was one of my favorite places to visit in Columbus, OH... and it's free! Unless you have to…read morepay for parking... I highly recommend this place!!! The garden is so interesting and from different angles you'll see different views. I really enjoyed this place and taking pictures.

Gorgeous park with awesome trees and topiaries! I was here for the Columbus Book Festival as this…read morewas right outside of the library. Without all the tents I feel like the paths would have been less confusing. They looped around in a few directions to see all the different topiaries. I think this would be a great place to just chill out on a blanket with friends. Excited to come here when it's all empty so I can really see everything up close

It's quite a nice little playground especially for being near Carriage place. Much of the equipment…read moreis actually pretty accommodating for larger children too!

This park offers a nice large playground, with both a big traditional climbing/slides/monkey…read morebars/etc area, baby and traditional swings, and a somewhat natural-style play area with things to climb and jump on. There is a walking path around the area, which includes sports fields and courts for baseball, basketball, and more. It is also shares a a good-sized parking lot with the Carriage Place Community Center. It provides some nice green space in the midst of a lot of retail.

This a great park in the heart of downtown Columbus! Settled in a ravine it kind of feels like…read moreyou're miles away from the city. I had just heard it was here, not much else about it, so I was shocked once I got past the beautiful mural bridge and the paved path stopped and an actual, short unpaved dirt trail began, which as someone who likes amatuer hikes is a great find close to home. I will say parking is not great, if there's a parking lot nearby I never found it, there seemed to be plenty of room on the street of the wood staircase though so it wasn't horrible, plus there seemed to be a few other ways into the park. Also, the only thing I had heard about Glen Echo was that there is a waterfall somewhere. I walked up and down the park and never saw anything I could describe as a waterfall (the week of snow melts and moderate rainfall), so either it's been exaggerated or it's in an out of the way spot. I was disappointed but nevertheless I really loved the park and will probably frequent.

This park can be found hidden beneath the streets of Clintonville residents, down in the ravine,…read morewhere water flows and wildlife takes over. I would have never known this was here if a friend didn't live nearby and tell me all about it. On my visit I accessed the park by traveling down some steep stairs and crossing a little bridge that gets you across the small creek that runs through. I quickly discovered a handful of miniature trails that sprawl out from the center of the park and into the little crevasses of the neighborhood bordering the area. I noticed a good number of other park goers, several super happy pups, and unfortunately a ton of trash. This is obviously what caused me to dock a star from my rating, such a bummer. Clean up after yourself people, there was seriously trash everywhere. My favorite part about this park is the tunnel with the giant birds painted across it. The acoustics once you're inside are major and during my visit there was a young man playing a flute. The sound carried so beautifully, it made my day. My second favorite part was spotting an owl high up in a tree. Owls are definitely my spirit animal, so cool! I'll definitely be back to this park. Fingers crossed it's cleaned up a bit.

This is a beautiful green space, surrounded by quaint homes and cobbled streets. Stroll and sit,…read moreit's good for the soul.

This gem of a park in the German Village neighborhood is well worth a relaxing stroll and visit if…read morethe weather is nice. I visited in June 2025 on a free weekday afternoon and enjoyed seeing the dogs, construction of a set for the Shakespeare in the Park, and the inspirational signs near the Schiller monument. Schiller Park has a fascinating history (described near the center of the park) from its initial opening as "City Park" to its renaming as Schiller Park. It was interesting to learn that the name temporarily changed to Washington Park in the mid-1910s as anti-German sentiment rose in the United States due to World War 1. Also, the park has been an important and historic place for the German American community in Columbus, OH. For example, I learned that German singing societies (which exist in other U.S. cities) provided support for the park.

This is a fine neighborhood park, just not a standout. Playing fields, a small pond, a little…read moreplayground, etc. A loop trail, which connects to other parks. A creek along the back. Plenty of parking, well-kept, easy to get to. I went to ride my bike, and that's where things went a bit downhill. There's not much room to ride in the park- great for kids, not for anyone interested in a longer ride. The paths connect to the Mudsock trail, which is mostly gravel. On the other end you can try to get to Hilliard Municipal park, which isn't much better. I recommend the many fine trails in other parts of central Ohio. In Hilliard, maybe start at Homestead Park and work north.

Decent playground and the usual soccer fields. There's also a little pond to feed the ducks. It's…read morenot bad if you live in the neighborhood. There's a creek here that they recently restored back to its original winding way and replanted native trees and plants. They also put a new bridge over it. It looks decent now. It had been just a straight trench filled with mostly stagnant water. In the 1800's the creek had been straightened for farm irrigation. Now it has been restored back to its original natural look. There's a paved trail that goes around the pond. It's good for joggers and bike riders or your kid's power wheels. There's plenty of parking here and a portapottie if you can stomach it. I usually just hold my pee.

Cute little park tucked away in a quaint little neighborhood. Some friends and I were looking for a…read morepicnic spot after checking for out Hayden Run Falls....we landed here. We had a wonderful picnic setting admitst the fall folliage. There were several benches, a play set and tennis courts. There may have been more but we didn't really explore. I bet the neighborhood gets a lot of great use out of the park!

Riverside Green Park is currently having construction and there is no parking in a neighborhood…read morecommunity where nobody parks in there driveways. The city needs to include some parking just for the tennis courts.

Gallant Woods Park is a very nice park that features a wide variety of habitats, including forest,…read moremeadow, prairie, and wetlands. There is a very nice Interpretative Gateway that is a little sheltered area with benches that features a lot of excellent signage, maps, and pictures about what you might see here, including the plants and animals. A reservable shelterhouse with restrooms and water fountains is located next to a green space with a horseshoe set up and a cute little playground and benches. The playground features some climbing and balancing structures, a slide, and a 'treehouse' type structure on top. A sledding hill is also available here when the weather is a bit more appropriate than it was on our recent hot, sunny visit! Signage on the Pheasant Run Trail had a neat mindfulness theme with various activities along the way to help with the process. There are three additional trails available - the Acorn/Gateway, the Tree-Frog, and a Primitive Trail, plus a connector trail to the Gallant Farm, which is a historic Depression-era farm located across the street. There are a couple of parking lots available in Gallant Woods, including one near the shelterhouse/playground area.

What preservation parks of Delaware county is doing is truly great work. The are added new parks…read morearound the county, similar idea as the metro parks in the bigger cities. However I find the Delaware parks to have more charm. They also seem very connected to their community. Several of these parks I prefer to state parks. Gallant farm is especially interesting. You get to go inside an old farm house furnished with items from that era. The gentleman working there was information. He loved the work he was doing there and you could tell. I found the other parks to be clean with modern buildings. Trails clearly marked and easy to follow.