Metro Parks Trail To Use For 5k Walk/Run Training

Metro Parks trails under one mile:

Battelle Darby Creek:

• Cobshell - 0.8 miles, moderate to difficult
• Hawthorn - 0.8, easy
• Indian Ridge - 0.6 miles, moderate to difficult
• Turkey Foot - 0.5 miles, easy
• Prairie Way - 0.25 miles, easy
   

Blendon Woods:

• Brookside - 0.75 miles, easy to moderate
• Overlook - 0.6 miles, easy
• Ripple Rock - 0.4 miles, easy
• Hickory Ridge - 0.25 miles, easy
• Pond - 0.3 miles, easy
   

Chestnut Ridge:

• Homesite - 0.4 miles, moderate to difficult

 Clear Creek:

• Good Prairie - 0.3 miles, easy
• Prairie Warbler - 0.6 miles, easy to moderate
• Tulip Tree - 0.6 miles, easy to moderate
• Lake - 0.9 miles, moderate to difficult

Glacier Ridge:

• Red Oak - 0.8 miles, easy

Highbanks:

• Scenic River - 0.6 miles, easy
• Wetland Spur - 0.4 miles, easy to moderate
• Oak Coves Path - 0.4 miles, easy
   

Pickerington Ponds: 

• Yellowlegs - 0.5 miles, easy

Prairie Oaks:

• Osage Orange - 0.5 mile loop, moderate to difficult
• Coneflower (north) 0.8 miles, difficult
• Tall Grass Trail - 0.7 miles, easy
• Mound Trail - 0.3 miles, easy
• Lakeview Trail - 0.6 miles, easy
• River Rock Trail - 0.7 miles, easy
• Alder Trail - 0.6 miles, easy
• Beaver Lake Trail - 0.9 miles, easy
  
   

Sharon Woods:

• Oak Openings 0.25 miles, easy

 Slate Run:

• Covered Bridge - 0.5 mile loop, easy
• Shagbark - 0.5 mile loop, easy
• Lake - 0.4 miles, easy
  
   

Three Creeks:

• Heron Pond Loop - 0.6 miles, easy
• Sycamore Fields - 0.8 miles, easy
• Madison Mills Loop - 0.2 miles, easy
• Evergreen - 0.5 miles, easy
• Turtle Pond - 0.4 miles, easy
• Smith Farm Connector - 0.4 miles, easy
  

Metro Parks Trails One-Two Miles:

Battelle Darby Creek:

• Ancient - 1.9 miles, easy to moderate
• Terrace - 2 miles, moderate to difficult
• Wagtail - 1.6 miles, easy to moderate
• Lake Trail - 1 mile, easy
• Edgewood Trail - 1 mile, easy
  
   

Blacklick Woods:

• Blacklick Creek Greenway Trail - 1.2 miles, easy

Blendon Woods:

• Goldenrod Pet - 1.2 miles, easy
• Sugarbush - 2 miles, moderate
  
   

Chestnut Ridge:

• Meadows - 1 mile, moderate to difficult
• Ridge - 1 mile, moderate to difficult
  
   

Clear Creek:

• Creekside Meadows - 1.7 miles, easy
• Cemetery Ridge - 2.5 miles, moderate to difficult
• Fern - 2.1 miles, moderate to difficult
• Hemlock - 1.5 miles, difficult
• Chestnut - 2.2 miles, difficult
• Barnabey Pet - 1 mile (one way), easy to moderate
  
   

Glacier Ridge:

• Ironweed - 2.8 miles, easy

Highbanks:

• Overlook - 2.3 miles, moderate to difficult
• Dripping Rock - 2.5 miles, moderate to difficult
• Big Meadow Path - 1 mile, easy
  
   

Pickerington Ponds:

• Arrowhead - 1.7 miles, easy
• Meadow Lark - 1 mile, easy
• Killdeer - 1.1 mile, easy
  
   

Prairie Oaks:

• Sycamore Plains - 1 mile, moderate to difficult
• Coneflower (south) - 1.7 miles, moderate to difficult

Scioto Audubon:

• Scioto Greenway - 2 miles south to Berliner Park, easy

Sharon Woods:

• Edward S. Thomas - 1 mile, easy
• Spring Creek - 1.8 miles, easy to moderate
  
   

Slate Run:

• Five Oaks - 1.5 mile loop, moderate to difficult
• Sugar Maple - 1.4 mile loop, moderate to difficult
• Bobolink Grassland - 1.5 miles (one way), easy
• Kokomo - 1.5 miles, easy
• Youth Camp - 2 mile loop, moderate to difficult
• Sassafras Horse - 2.5 miles
  
   

Three Creeks:

• Blacklick Creek Greenway - 2.9 miles, easy
• Bluebell - 1 mile, moderate
• Confluence - 1 mile, moderate
  
   

Walnut Woods:

• Multi purpose - 2.5 miles, easy

Metro Parks Trails Three-Five Miles:

Battelle Darby Creek:

• Darby Creek Greenway - 4.7 miles, easy\
• Dyer Mill - 3.2 miles, moderate to difficult
  
   

Blacklick Woods:

• Multi-purpose 4.1 miles (roundtrip), easy

Glacier Ridge:

• Marsh Hawk - 3 miles, easy
• Savannah - 5 miles
  
   

Heritage Trail Park:

• Multi-use - 3.7 miles, easy
• Bridle - 3.6 miles
  
   

Highbanks:

• Coyote Run - 3.5 miles, moderate

Pickerington Ponds:

• Blacklick Creek Greenways - 5.9 miles, easy

Prairie Oaks:

• Bridle - 5.7 miles
• Darby Creek Greenway - 3.4 miles, easy
  
   

Sharon Woods:

• Multi purpose - 3.8 miles, moderate

 Three Creeks:

• Alum Creek Greenway - 7.3 miles, easy