Parkhill Park
Parkhill Park offers a beautiful natural experience with expansive trails winding through pine forests and Ohio woodlands. Highlights include steep ravines, babbling brooks, an old-growth forest with a 200+ year old white oak, and scenic views of a reservoir and lakebed. It’s a peaceful spot great for walking dogs and enjoying nature, with trails providing shade and a serene atmosphere away from heavy foot traffic.
Reviews
Park used to be known as Walnut St., Park… this is one of the most wonderful, expansive trails I have seen in Columbus. When you first pull in it just looks like a small gravel driveway, but if you walk to the right into the large pines, the trail takes you down a steep ravine over a babbling brook into an old growth forest with a 200+ year old white oak, up an peninsula and to a red clay beach that opens up on Hoover. It is literally one of the most beautiful places I have seen in this state, and you would have no idea that it even existed just driving by.
Dare I say this is the most beautiful park in Columbus? Unmarked trail to the right of the parking lot takes you through a magical pine forest which then leads you down to a beautiful view of the reservoir. Doesn’t feel like Ohio.
Get into the woods and turn left at the first fork you will get to the lakeside. The recent drought allows you to walk on the lake bed. Really nice sunset spot.
My kind of trail! Natural, dirt path, and not heavily trafficked. Make sure you bring an extra pair of shoes to change into – the ones you wear will get dirty, no doubt. The trail is filled with beautiful, tall pine trees, which adds a unique fresh scent to the hike. At least one of the trails takes you down to the water. The path to get down is extremely steep! The trail also has lots of exposed roots – making it safer to walk than run. The park opens at 7 am; there was no one there when I arrived at 7 & when I left around 8 am
There is a big field you walk thru with a pine forest on the left. Very cool combination of pines and regular Ohio forest. You can keep walking and connect with walnut bluffs park