Blacklick Woods Metro Park

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Blacklick Woods Metro Park
Blacklick Woods-Blacklick Creek 3.jpg
Blacklick Creek as it travels through Blacklick Woods Metro Park
TypeMetro park
Location6975 E. Livingston Avenue, Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Coordinates39°56′06″N 82°48′27″W / 39.9350°N 82.8075°W / 39.9350; -82.8075Coordinates: 39°56′06″N 82°48′27″W / 39.9350°N 82.8075°W / 39.9350; -82.8075
Area643 acres (260 ha)
Opened1948
Administered byColumbus and Franklin County Metro Parks
OpenYear-round
Paths6
HabitatsForest, fields, swamp ponds, prairie
ParkingMultiple lots
WebsiteOfficial website
Designated1974

Blacklick Woods Metro Park is a metropolitan park in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, owned and operated by Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks. The park was established in 1948, the first park in the Metro Park system. It was named a National Natural Landmark in 1974.

Attributes and history[]

Opened in 1948, and located in Reynoldsburg, this 643-acre (260 ha) park[1] is the oldest park in the system. Within the forested area of the park is the Walter A. Tucker State Nature Preserve preserving one of the oldest Beech-maple forest in central Ohio. In the southern area of the preserve you can find an assortment of white and pin oak, white ash with specimens of red maple, red elm, shagbark and bitternut hickory, hophornbeam, American hornbeam and dogwood. There are also wetlands and seasonable ponds in the southern area of the nature preserve where salamanders, chorus frogs, and wood ducks among other aquatic life and amphibians can be found.[2] Fox, Rabbits, and White-Tailed Deer can also be seen throughout the park. It is also well known as a good spot for bird watching.[3] The Golf Course has been certified by Audubon International as a Cooperative Sanctuary.[4] The Blacklick Woods Nature Center with Naturalists and volunteers is also available to answer questions. Blacklick Creek flows south along the eastern boundary of the park and is accessible by several trails that travel through a variety of fields, meadows, and forests.

In 1974, Blacklick Woods was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.[5]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Blacklick Woods - Metro Parks - Central Ohio Park System". metroparks.net. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ Preserves, ODNR Division of Natural Areas and. "Tucker, Walter (Blacklick Woods)". naturepreserves.ohiodnr.gov. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Ohio eBird Hotspots - Blacklick Woods Metro Park". ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Blacklick Woods Golf Course - Metro Parks". metroparks.net. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. ^ "National Natural Landmarks - National Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-26. Year designated: 1974

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