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Hoping to find something unpaved as opposed to something where people jog/bike.
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drewtoothpaste
upper arlington
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Posted 7 months ago # -
Twixlen
Westgate, Columbus
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Each Metropark will list their trails & give a vague descriptor (gravel, jogging, whatnot)... I live on the westside, and use Battelle Darby pretty often. Since I take my wee dog, I'm using their Wagtail trail, which has woods, gorgeous prairies, and a way to get back to Darby Creek, if it's warm enough to wade/catch crawdads.
Posted 7 months ago # -
The Hegemo
Delusions of Grandview
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Blendon Woods is nice. Prairie Oaks has a nice little trail that goes through the woods and along Big Darby Creek.
A few that are farther afield but that I like:
-- Clear Creek Metro Park. Despite being a Franklin Co. Metropark, this is on the Fairfield/Hocking County line past Lancaster. Some pretty steep/challenging trails, but the scenery is really nice and it doesn't seem to be too crowded.
-- Rockbridge State Nature Preserve. Just a little past Clear Creek on 33. Hilly trail through the woods to a pretty spectacular natural bridge.
-- Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve. East of Newark in Licking County. The main trail is paved and fairly busy, but there's a loop off of it that takes you up to some pretty cool views of the gorge. It's hilly but doesn't seem as physically challenging as Rockbridge or Clear Creek.
-- Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve. Just outside of Yellow Springs in Greene County. Easy hiking through the woods along the Little Miami River near its headwaters.
Posted 7 months ago # -
GreatOutdoors
Short North
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I also love Darby Creek Metropark. The Dyer Mill trail section is incredibly beautiful. There's a little picnic spot next to the Little Darby Creek (in which you might be able to see crawfish milling about), and the trail goes through a wonderful floodplain forest and an upland prairie. And it's always very quiet -- on a nice weekend day I may pass by only a half-dozen people or less.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Mercurius
First Avenue
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In the city, Jeffrey Park and Mansion, Hayden Falls and Glen Echo Park all have some non paved trails in the woods.
If you want to get out of the city, you might as well go big (literally) and hit up an old growth forest. The closest to Cbus is Davey Woods near Urbana I think? There is also Mad River and Cedar Bog over there -- which should leave anyone baffled and starry eyed by beauty!
Posted 7 months ago # -
alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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Try Twin Lakes just north of Shawnee Hills - go to the zoo, cross the dam, turn north on 745, it's at the edge of town ("Area S"). Walk past the cable by the boat ramp and there are some mown trails similar to the image above. They weave around some meadowlands and you can poke along the creek, or go into the mature woods which strongly resemble Highbanks. You could make a picnic of it, there are old tables. BTW there's a lot of birdwatching to do there, herons, etc.
You could try Glen Helen by Yellow Springs (there really is a yellow spring) plus in the same area there's Clifton Gorge and John Bryan State Park.
For a real switch, try Cedar Bog by Urbana, lots of boardwalks through wet woods, and Kiser Lake is good for that, too - you can go from a hardwood forest into a fen in about ten steps.
Posted 7 months ago # -
drewtoothpaste
upper arlington
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Awesome, thanks for the recommendations! I'll be googling all of these...
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