Dan Bissonette
Free Pet Trails in Your Metro Parks
Battelle Darby Creek
Inniswood Metro Gardens
Darby Creek Greenway (4.7 miles)
Wagtail Trail
(1.6 miles)
Battelle
Darby
Creek
Edgewood,
& Prairie
trails
Darby
CreekLake
Greenway
(4.7Way
miles)
(2.25 miles)
Wagtail
Trail (1.6 miles)
Edgewood,
Lakeareas
& Prairie
Way trails
Dog swimming
at Pleasant
Valley
(2.25
and atmiles)
Osprey Lake, 5800 HarrisburgGeorgesville
Road,
Darbydale
Dog
swimming
areas
at Pleasant Valley
and at Osprey Lake, 5800 HarrisburgBlacklick Woods
Georgesville
Road, Darbydale
Blacklick Creek Greenway
(18 miles total
– extends to Pickerington
Blacklick
Woods
Ponds andCreek
ThreeGreenway
Creeks) (18 miles
Blacklick
total – extends to Pickerington Ponds
Blendon
Woods
and
Three Creeks)
Goldenrod Pet Trail (1.2 miles)
Chipmunk Chatter Trail (0.6 miles)
(Outside
the gardens)
Pickerington
Ponds
Blacklick Creek Greenway Trail
Pickerington Ponds
(9 miles south to Three Creeks)
Blacklick Creek Greenway Trail
(18
miles Oaks
total – extends to Blacklick Woods
Prairie
and
Three
Creeks)
Beaver
Lake
Trail (0.9 miles)
Darby Creek Greenway Trail (3.4 miles)
Prairie
Oaks
Lakeview Trails (0.9 miles)
Beaver Lake Trail (0.9 miles)
River Rock Trail (0.7 miles)
Darby Creek Greenway Trail (3.4 miles)
Sycamore Plains Trails (1 mile)
Lakeview Trails (0.9 miles)
Osage Opening Trail (0.5 miles)
River Rock Trail (0.7 miles)
Tall Grass Trail (0.7 miles)
Sycamore Plains Trails (1 mile)
Darby Opening
Bend Lakes
also
Osage
Trail
(0.5features
miles) a dog
swimming
area
and
off-leash
area
Tall Grass Trail (0.7 miles)
Blendon Woods
Clear Creek
Goldenrod
Pet Trail (1.2 miles)
Scioto
Audubon
Darby
Bend
Lakes also features a dog
Scioto Greenway
Trail
(2 miles)area
swimming
area and
off-leash
Connector trails and paths
Rocky Fork
Two-acre dog park with separate agility
Dog Trail (0.3 miles)
courses for large and for small dogs.
Beech Woodland Trail (1.2 miles)
Millstone
Connector Trail (0.5 miles)
Slate Run
CoveredaBridge
Traildog
(0.5park
miles)
Includes
1.8-acre
with
Lake Trail
splash
pad(0.4 miles)
Shagbark Trail (0.5 miles)
Creekside Meadows Trail (1 mile)
Clear Creek
Glacier Ridge
Barnebey
Pet Trail (1 mile)
Ironweed Trail (2.8 miles)
Marsh Hawk
Trail (2.2 miles)
Glacier
Ridge
Ironweed Trail (2.8 miles)
Heritage
Trail
Marsh
Hawk
TrailPark
(2.2 miles)
Heritage Trail (3.7 miles)
Heritage
Trail Park
Includes a 4-acre
dog park
Heritage Trail (3.7 miles)
Includes
a 4-acre dog park
Highbanks
Coyote Run Trail (3.5 miles)
Highbanks
Big Meadows Path (1 mile)
Coyote
RunPath
Trail (0.4
(3.5 miles)
miles)
Oak Coves
Big Meadows Path (1 mile)
Oak
Coves Path (0.4 miles)
Homestead
Multi-use loop (0.7 miles)
Inniswood Metro Gardens
Chipmunk Chatter Trail (0.6 miles)
(Outside the gardens)
metroparks.net
Scioto Audubon
ThreeGreenway
Creeks Trail (2 miles)
Scioto
Alum Creek
Greenway
Trail
Connector
trails
and paths
(14.6 miles roundtrip)
Two-acre dog park with separate agility
Blacklick Creek Greenway Trail
courses for large and for small dogs.
(9 miles to Pickerington Ponds)
Scioto
Evergreen
Grove
Trail (0.5 miles)
Arrowhead
Loop Trails (short
Trail (1.3
trails
miles)
around Heron Pond,
Hickory
Turtle Pond,
Trail Madison
(0.6 miles)
Mills & Sycamore Fields)
Mingo
(2.5 miles)
City of Trail
Columbus
Recreation and Parks
Overlook
Trailmanages
(1.7 miles)
Department
a 4-acre dog park in
REI
Trail (1.2
miles)
theRiver
Sycamore
Fields
Area.
Dan Bissonette
Seventeen Metro Parks have pet-friendly trails for dogs. Leashed pets are also allowed along park roadways and in picnic
areas. Visit metroparks.net to see maps with trail locations and get directions to all the parks.
Three dogs play at Rocky Fork Metro Park’s dog park.
Slate Run
Covered Bridge Trail (0.5 miles)
Lake Trail (0.4 miles)
Shagbark Trail (0.5 miles)
Three Creeks
Alum Creek Greenway Trail
(14.6 miles roundtrip)
Blacklick Creek Greenway Trail
(18 miles total – extends to Blacklick Woods
and Pickerington Ponds)
Evergreen Trail (0.5 miles)
Loop Trails (short trails around Heron Pond,
Turtle Pond, Madison Mills & Sycamore Fields)
City of Columbus Recreation and Parks
Department manages a 4-acre dog park in
the Sycamore Fields Area.
Walnut Woods
Sweetgum Trail (2.6 miles)
Buckeye Trail (2 miles)
Buckeye area features a 4-acre dog
park with swimming for large dogs
and separate area for small dogs