Rocky Fork Metro Park
Rocky Fork Metro Park in New Albany, OH, offers a well-maintained and scenic outdoor experience with over 3 miles of trails through woods, fields, and meadows. It features paved, wheelchair-accessible paths, multiple dog parks including an off-leash area, playgrounds for kids, picnic shelters with grills and tables, restrooms, and water fountains. The park is family and pet-friendly, providing ample seating and natural shade, making it great for hiking, dog walking, and outdoor gatherings.
Reviews
I had a good time visiting this park. There is a nice 1.25 mi paved trail that travels through woods and meadows and there are many bridle trails and dog parks. There’s a cool playground with boulders to climb- there’s something for everyone here! The covered shelter has beautiful wooden chairs overlooking a peaceful meadow.
We already contacted the park 3 times about poison hemlock growing in their park. Nothing has been done about it. Poison hemlock is one of the most dangerous plants on earth. It’s a deadly plant! The flowers grow all over the place and are extremely close to the pathway. They haven’t even put up a sign yet to at least say CAUTION: don’t touch the plants (poisonous).
I think that’s not okay because there are many people out there who do not know the plant and many children. And some dogs that are on a long leash who might try to eat the plant. It’s just simply not okay to not even put a sign up there.
Another thing we noticed is the dog park is closed so many times for absolutely no reason. It’s the perfect weather out and the dog park is closed. It makes no sense at all.
I would have loved to give 5 stars but these major things are just simply not okay. I still love walking my dogs there because it is a really beautiful park with lots of wildlife to see and amazing for birdwatchers but a trash can or more benches here and there would be great, too. There’s definitely room for improvement!
Nice little park for kids and awesome trails for adults. Two nice areas for dogs.
One of the newer metro parks. Very well maintained. Most of the trails are paved and go through woods, prairie and playground. This is a decent size park that offers a lot. It has playground equipment, shelter houses, 2 dog parks, permanent restrooms and plenty of parking.
Rocky Fork Metro Park was a great place to take a walk in nature. They have more than 3 miles of walking trails that take you through woods and fields. There is a bridle trail, dog park, an off-leash trail for dogs. I will say the off leash area was very clean. There was dog waste not picked up along the paved trails. They have doggy bags there for you to use so there’s no excuse to not pick up after your dog! They have a play area for kids and a large shelter for picnics. They have grills and plenty of tables! There are two different restrooms here as well as water fountains. They have paved trails that are wheelchair accessible.