Glacier Ridge Metro Park

You see I went to the glacier ridge metro park once great place… If you want to be invested with fleas bit by mosquitos and get chased by dogs with no leash. The people there don’t care that’s why I give it a 3 star only.

Huge park! Kids playgrounds, bike paths, running paths, picnic areas. Amazing! We cross through different portions of the park on our 20 mile runs

Great trail through various landscapes. Wetlands with an observation tower and visitor center. Sustainability area. Basically, a great park with a wide variety of experiences. Only drawback is it is very close to the highway and subdivisions.

Absolutely beautiful metro park! I have gone running here many times and it is kept in pristine condition. Rangers are friendly and helpful.

3 stars for the disc golf course. I like this park but their disc golf course is a pain because of narrow fairways with horrible weeds full of tics. The course is long if you play the long tee but they don’t have many dog lags or complex basket lies. I believe with a lot of thought and trimming away the tall weeds that this course could be made a top one in cubs.
The rest of the park looks pretty nice as their are bike trails, horse paths, and a decent playground. I am rating on disc golf and not the other amenities.

This is a great park for winter. Whether you’re walking, running or biking you’ll find paved paths through wooded areas, open fields and wetlands. The majority of the park is in the open so I don’t think this would be the best spot in the summer, at least for those of us who don’t get along with the sun. If you’re all about exercising outside and haven’t made your way to this park yet, pick a nice day and check it out!

Despite the fact that two of the metro parks have the word «Ridge» in their names, Glacier Ridge and Chestnut Ridge have very different terrains and hiking experiences. Having recently been to the very tall Chestnut Ridge recently, I was not expecting all of the flatland with very modest hills in the Glacier Ridge area. But there is a lot to discover here too.
A neat offering at Glacier Ridge is the opportunity to learn more about renewable energy at the Wind and Solar Learning Center. A wind turbine and a couple of solar panels are used to power the electricity in the bathrooms on the north side of the park, and there is signage providing info.
There are fields, woods and mature forest, and there is a nice wetland education area with an observation tower and boardwalk near the south entrance of the park. Both sections of the park can also be accessed by taking the bike trail (which also allows pets and hiking/​jogging).
In addition, there is a disc golf course and a bridle trail, plus a shelter and play area near the restrooms.
Another enjoyable park in our metro park system!

A great park in the Dublin area for walking, running, biking, blading or even horse-​back riding. The northern end of Glacier Ridge has about a 2.6 mile paved main loop that is flat and circles through mostly open fields and some wooded areas. There are also additional shorter walking/​hiking trails through the wooded areas.
On a weekday, come here for the solitude, because it will not be very crowded. A good place to come after work and unwind with some excercise. The park also features a playground, rest rooms, picnic shelter and a nice 18-​hole disc golf course.
It is connected to the southern end of Glacier Ridge (aka Honda Wetlands) by a paved bike trail, about 3 miles long.
The park is enjoyable in all seasons of the year. Deer and other wildlife are plentiful.
The only drawback I can think of is that most of the path is very open, and it can be very windy, and a little bit of «sun stroke acres» at times.

We finally drove up to Glacier Ridge and found it to be quiet, with nice trails for walking, although as the other reviewer said much of the walking is not shaded. Not as scenic as Highbanks or other central Ohio parks, but nice. We noticed a sign along the trail that goes through the grassy plains that warned of ticks. Sure enough, we BOTH had ticks on us when we got home. The park must be infested with them as we didn’t venture off the paved path! Of course now we are paranoid that our two dogs are tick-​ridden.

This is a wonderful park for hiking and biking. There are two entrances to this park. The south entrance has a boardwalk trail through a marsh area, and a bike trail that leads to the north entrance. The «north» park has several loops for walking; in both wooded areas, and grassy plains. They also have a disc golf course, horseback riding trails, and a nice playground.

Janet L and I came here on a blustery fall afternoon to try and enjoy the last bits of sunshine before the winter sets in. There are two entrances to the park (hence the two listings), but the northern entrance has the most amenities (solar-​wind powered restrooms, picnic shelter, playground). As mentioned by Laura J., the park is pretty flat and mostly grasslands, which makes it perfect for walking, biking, and skating; not so much for actual hiking. We stuck to the main loop around the wind turbine/​solar panels, and didn’t go as far as the Honda wetlands area, which may have been more interesting. It certainly wasn’t very crowded, probably due to the slight chill in the breeze. Although I found the displays about the solar and wind power interesting, I probably wouldn’t make the drive all the way out here again when there are other parks with more variation and more trails.
I was astonished as I was driving in, though, at the houses and suburban development in the area. Where else will you see luxury apartments and massive fabricated waterfalls and a fake vineyard and an ostrich farm all along one road?

I live right by this park and LOVE LOVE LOVE the trails here. I am still a big rollerblader (Ihello, 1992) and the «Marsh Hawk» trail here is awesome for blading and biking. Its 3 miles, paved, and weaves in and out between sunshine and shaded forest scenery.
The park is pretty quite when I go, so you feel like you have the trails to yourself. There is only 1 kiddy play area and nice public restrooms and drinking fountains. They also have a Frisbee golf course, horseback riding trails and cross country skiing trails in the winter.

I have walked at this park numerous times. It’s not that I love this park, it’s just that it is mid-​way between my home and that of a walking buddy, so it has been a convenient place to meet. It’s not a bad place to walk, but it’s very flat and there are long stretches that are not shaded. Although I love the outdoors, I’m not crazy about being in the sun for long periods of time. In my opinion, it doesn’t take long to get bored with this park. It does offer horseback riding trails, if you’re looking for that. It also has a wind turbine that provides all of the power for the park — I think that’s kinda cool. But just for walking, I prefer places that are a little more scenic and interesting.