Big Walnut Trail-Winchester Pike to Nafzger Park
Welcome to Big Walnut Trail- Winchester Pike to Nafzger Park!
Columbus Recreation and Parks is beginning the process in spring 2024 to extend the Big Walnut Trail an additional 2.5 miles north to Nafzger Park from its current stopping point at Winchester Pike near S. Hamilton Road.
As part of the extension, the trail will pass through Helsel Park. The park is being reimagined in 2024 to address safety concerns and expand programming while increasing the tree canopy in the Eastland area. Learn more about this project.
In addition to extending the trail, neighborhood connections are being investigated for the Blacklick Estates, Edgewater Park and Eastland neighborhoods.
Timeline
About Big Walnut Trail
The trail is currently 7.7 miles long with six trailhead locations that include parking: Big Walnut Park, Elk Run Park, Hoover Reservoir Park, Three Creeks Park, Academy Park (City of Gahanna) and the Gahanna swimming pool.
It connects to the Alum Creek Trail and the Blacklick Creek Trail for additional biking, walking and rolling options.
Other extensions underway on Big Walnut Trail include Little Turtle to the Alum Creek Trail.
About Central Ohio Greenways
Columbus Recreation and Parks Department worked with its partners in the Central Ohio Greenways area to develop a multi-year plan that creates a system of six regional trails in Central Ohio. When complete, there will be an interconnected system of over 135 miles of trails, including Big Walnut, Alum Creek, Olentangy, Scioto, Blacklick Big Darby and Camp Chase.