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Five Rivers MetroParks comprises more than 15,400 acres (62 km 2) and 25 facilities with a number of amenities and features. These include hiking trails , a mountain bike area (MoMBA) at Huffman MetroPark, horse bridle trails, a disc golf course, a whitewater feature at Eastwood MetroPark, and a large butterfly house at Cox Arboretum MetroPark.
Location Former railroad Notes University/Parks Trail: 7 miles (11 km) [22] University of Toledo to Sylvania Township: Toledo, Angola and Western Railroad [23] Owned by Lucas County and maintained by Metroparks, University of Toledo and City of Toledo. [22] Wabash Cannonball Trail - North Fork: 46 miles (74 km); about 9.5 miles (15.3 km) in ...
Swan Creek Preserve Metropark is a regional park in Toledo, Ohio, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo. The park contains several miles of often used trails. The park contains several miles of often used trails.
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark is a nature preserve located in Swanton Township, Ohio, owned and operated by Metroparks Toledo. Most of the park is an oak savanna ecosystem, characterized by alternating wetland and vegetated dunes. [citation needed] The park hosts the Beuhner Center, an interactive nature center. [4]
The park holds the most dogwoods of anywhere in Northwest Ohio, and most of Secor's tree trunks are buttressed—have extra wide bases—in order to remain stable in the park's swampy soil. [citation needed] Wolfinger Cemetery, a burial site of Richfield Township's first settlers, is also held inside the park's boundaries.
Side Cut Metropark is a regional park in Maumee, Ohio, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo and named for being a sidecut on the Miami and Erie Canal. [5] The sidecut was built over an 18-year period in the nineteenth century and completed in 1842, opening to boat traffic the following year.
Farnsworth Metropark is a regional park in Waterville, Ohio, owned and operated by Metroparks Toledo. The long narrow parks sits on the western shore of the Maumee River with a view of several islands, including Missionary, Butler and Indian islands, all of which are owned by the State of Ohio. [3]
Pearson Metropark is a regional park in Oregon, Ohio, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo. It is one of the few remnants left of the Great Black Swamp. [4] The park contains old-growth forest and wetlands. [5] The park contains a pond with paddle boat rentals in the summer months and sledding in the winter months.