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Slate Run Metro Park, Canal Winchester, OH

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Slate Run Metro Park

A roughly 1,700-acre Columbus-area park of grassland, wetland, and forest with many trails and wildlife viewing.

1375 St. Rte. 674 North, Canal Winchester, OH 43110 · Canal Winchester, OH

About Slate Run Metro Park

Slate Run is a large natural park run by Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks. Its landscape mixes open grassland, wetlands, and meadows with wooded hillsides of beech, oak, hickory, and maple. Visitors can hike a range of trails, from easy paved and boardwalk routes to steeper ravine paths, and horseback riders have their own trail. Buzzard's Roost Lake is the main water feature, with fishing docks and an observation deck. The park also has picnic areas, shelters, a natural play area for children, and reservable camping space for scout and youth groups. Sandhill cranes nest in the wetland, and northern bobwhite quail have been reintroduced.

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