Discover Nature in Toledo’s Beautiful Parks and Metroparks

Have you ever just wanted to get out of the house and enjoy the weather, but didn’t know where you’d go or what you’d do? Northwest Ohio is blessed to have scattered throughout our community amazing city parks and the Metroparks, providing us with a place to go to connect with nature, engage with outdoor activities, and relax, leaving the world behind us. As a librarian, nothing sounds more appealing than sitting on a bench, enjoying a nice, cool breeze, and reading a good book (and earning a day of reading for Summer Read), listening to the sounds of nature.

To highlight these incredible parks within our community, the Local History Department has pulled out some artifacts of the Metroparks and the city parks. If you are interested seeing more artifacts of the Metroparks throughout the years, click here.

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Providence Metropark, Grand Rapids, Ohio 1941

Oak Openings Metropark, Swanton, Ohio, 1943

Side Cut Metropark, Maumee, Ohio, 1940

Stream Running through a Toledo Area Metropark, Lucas County, Ohio 1943

The Oak Openings Region: Discovering our Natural Heritage

Metroparks of the Toledo Area

Oak Openings Metropark, Swanton, Ohio 1943

Wildwood: Land as Good as Gold

Pearson Park Dedication Wooden Nickel, 1930s

The images below are a small sampling of the collection we have on our neighborhood city parks, many of which have offered unique experiences throughout the years. If you are interested in seeing more of our neighborhood parks throughout the years, click here.

Scene in Navarre Park, East Toledo, Ohio

Scene in City Park, Toledo, O.

Riverside Park, Toledo, Ohio

Willy’s Park, Toledo, Ohio

Skating Rink, Walbridge Park, Toledo, O.

Walbridge Park, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1909)

Riverside park, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1898)

Trail Through the Trees at Ottawa Park, Toledo, Ohio, 1943

Ironville Neighborhood Park Playground

City Park, Toledo, Ohio (approximately 1898)