These are links to different parks and nature sites that have been visited by the OES. We plan on visiting more parks throughout Ohio in the future. If you have scenic pictures of any park in Ohio and would like to see them listed in this section, please email . If we decide to use your photos, we will post them with credit given to you. If you'd like to suggest a park for us to visit, please use our Exploration Submission Form. For any future updates to the OES site, subscribe to our email update forum.

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Three Rivers Park

 Franklin County - AKA Three Creeks, it's the largest park inside of I-270.

Battelle-Darby Park

 Franklin County - Opening in 1959, this is a beautiful park on the Darby creeks.

Gantz Park - Family Homestead

 Franklin County - Features a beautiful garden and magnificent gazebo.

Lockville Park

 Fairfield County - A small park full of canal locks and a covered bridge.

Tinker's Cave

 Hocking County - A haunted cave with a history of Civil War thievery.

Slate Run Park

 Pickaway County - Opening in 1981, this park had it's start after WWI.

Slate Run Historical Farm

 Pickaway County - Step back in time to the 1880s with this living farm.

Hayden Falls

 Franklin County - This beautiful waterfall is one of Columbus' best secrets.

Glen Echo Park

 Franklin County - This haunted park/ravine is north of the OSU campus.

Malabar Farm

 Richland County - This huge, beautiful farm belonged to author Louis Bromfield.

Indian Run Falls

 Franklin County - These breath-taking falls are located in Dublin.

 

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