{"id":45070,"date":"2026-04-02T15:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/?p=45070"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:15:53","slug":"metro-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/metro-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus &amp; Franklin County Metro Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Provides access to 22 natural area parks in the central Ohio region. Visit the website to find locations for hiking, canoeing\/kayaking, dog parks, picnic areas, play areas, rock climbing, and more. Summer camp programs are available for ages 6-16 for a low-cost fee. Check the event calendar to find free programs for kids and adults at a metro park near you. Events include hikes, nature education, preschool story time, crafts, and more. Adaptive Adventures events are held at the Inclusive Playground at Blendon Woods Metro Park for individuals with disabilities to enjoy inclusive recreation.<br \/>\n1069 West Main Street, Westerville, Ohio 43081<br \/>\nParks &amp; Trails Locations: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metroparks.net\/parks-and-trails\/\">metroparks.net\/parks-and-trails<\/a><br \/>\nEvent Calendar: <a href=\"https:\/\/ohfranklinctyweb.myvscloud.com\/webtrac\/web\/search.html\">ohfranklinctyweb.myvscloud.com\/webtrac\/web\/search.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ohfranklinctyweb.myvscloud.com\/webtrac\/web\/splash.html\">ohfranklinctyweb.myvscloud.com\/webtrac\/web\/splash.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provides access to 22 natural area parks in the central Ohio region. Visit the website to find locations for hiking, canoeing\/kayaking, dog parks, picnic areas, play areas, rock climbing, and more. Summer camp programs are available for ages 6-16 for a low-cost fee. Check the event calendar to find free programs for kids and adults [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[304,504,472,474,550,551,512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-after-school-camps","category-city-recreation-and-parks","category-special-needs","category-fun-and-recreation","category-healthy-lifestyle","category-fitness","category-science-and-technology-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45313,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45070\/revisions\/45313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}