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Commit To Be Fit Kids Club Summer Spectacular Get out, Get active and Get outside Free adventures for kids 6 to 12 From June 12 to August 14 kids can enjoy fishing, hiking with rangers, scavenger hunts, playing in the creek and other fun activities. Download your Ranger Rita or Ranger Riley to color and take with you to the parks. Join A.J. as we kickoff this Kid's Club Summer Spectacular on June 12 from 10 to noon at the Big Meadows Picnic Area at Highbanks Metro Park. Then, during the summer visit your Metro Parks to play in the natural play areas, Walk with a Ranger Wednesdays (all ranger walks will meet at the nature/ranger station), fish, or bike ride. At the end of the Summer Spectacular we will celebrate on Saturday, August 14th from 11 to 2 at Scioto Audobon. Come play games, sand volleyball, take walks and bird watch. Don't forget to bring your colored pictures of Ranger Rita or Ranger Riley to display. Click here to view the C2BF Kids Club Calendar of Events.


Have fun cultivating healthy bodies while exploring nature inspired yoga poses. Join Julia Sims-Haas, Yoga on High instructor, for a 45-min. introductory yoga class for preschoolers and their caregivers. The instructor will bring some yoga mats, but please bring your own if you have one. Children must be accompanied by parent or caregiver during class.



September 4: Battelle Darby Creek Monarchs 11:00 am - Learn about the monarch's life cycle and its migration to Mexico. September 4: Battelle Darby Creek Ohio Mammals Display 1:00 pm - See skins, scat, skulls and skeletons of Ohio mammals. September 4: Blacklick Woods Morning Coffee and Wildlife Watch 8:00 am - Stop by the Nature Center for a cup of coffee while enjoying the view out the windows. September 4: Blendon Woods Audubon Bird Hike 8:00 am - Search for birds on a 2-mile hike. September 4: Blendon Woods NATURE STATION: MONARCH TAGGING 11:00 am - Learn to capture and tag monarch butterflies for a nationwide research study that tracks them to their Mexican wintering grounds.	The summer edition of Parkscope, Metro Parks' 32-page quarterly magazine, is now available. You can pick up a copy at one of your 15 Metro Parks. Pick up a copy today or click here!

• Hunting for snapping turtles at Blacklick Woods
• Discover MetroParks Naturally
• Seeing the parks from another perspective
• Natural play area off the beaten path
• Canoeing the MetroParks
• Rock Climbing... in Central Ohio?
• Winter Fun at the MetroParks
• Enjoying the Outdoors, Indoors
• Falling Into The Season
• Sowing The Seeds
• Grange Scioto Audobon Center Grand Opening
• The Magical Journey of Monarch Butterflies
• An Unusual Way To Count Fish
• Metro Parks Are Cheap Fun
• What's Blossoming at Batelle Darby Creek
• Playing With Fire At The MetroParks
• Senior Citizens Drum Up Some Fun
• Slate Run Living Historical Farm
• Ghoulish Fun at the MetroParks
• The SEED Program at the MetroParks
• Hands-On Learning Without Even Knowing
• All-American Picnics at the Metro Parks
• Cast a Line at Prairie Oaks Metro Park
• Blacklick Woods - A Diamond In The "Rough"
• Inniswood Gardening Guide
• Metro Parks Passport Program
• Homeschool Program at Blacklick Woods
• Come in out of the cold
• Big Bugs invade Inniswood Metro Gardens
• Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park fights for Endangered Species

MetroParks Locations

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Did you know the Metro Parks are a great place for you and your dog to socialize while enjoying nature? Grab your leash and click on this link to find Metro Parks Pet Friendly trails.

Metro Parks nature centers at Blacklick Woods, Blendon Woods and Highbanks are open daily and naturalists and volunteers are available to answer questions. Inside the nature center, visitors will discover Ohio's natural and cultural history through exhibits, seeing wildlife up close and participating in activities. For a complete listing of Metro Parks Nature Center hours, click here.