Scioto Grove Metro Park

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Scioto Grove Metro Park
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Pond at Scioto Grove
Scioto Grove Metro Park
Type Metro park
Location Ohio
Coordinates 39°51′08″N83°01′27″W / 39.852117°N 83.024302°W / 39.852117; -83.024302
Area620 acres (250 ha)
Opened2016
Administered by Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks
OpenYear-round
Paths8
HabitatsForest, fields, meadows
ParkingMultiple lots
Website Official website

Scioto Grove Metro Park is a metropolitan park in Grove City, Ohio, owned and operated by Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks. Scioto Grove features eight trails and five backpacking campsites. It has picnic shelters, an event space, traditional and 3-D archery ranges, and a disc golf course.

The park opened to the public on May 6, 2016. [1]

In 2022, Metro Parks began the process of relocating the 90- to 100-foot Keystone Fire Lookout Tower in Jackson County, Ohio to Scioto Grove. [2]

References

  1. Technologies, Robin (May 10, 2016). "Scioto Grove Metro Park Opens". Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  2. "The Columbus Dispatch". www.dispatch.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.