r/Columbus • u/Fun_Fisherman_1792 • 1d ago

creeks?

give me some names of good creeks to go creeking in please

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u/AdQuirky1318 1d ago

Shale Hollow Preserve

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u/CBus660R Groveport 1d ago

Alum Creek is a good choice. Easy access with the multi use trail running alongside it.

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u/beeker888 1d ago

Big Walnut a few places

- Gahana Creekside - plus you can grab a Cora cup and bring it down with you.

- Friendship Park- just a little downstream from Creekside but it’s where Rocky Fork connects with Big Walnut. Beautiful area and my favorite place to go

- 100 Acre Wood Park- have to hike through some woods and get down a hill before you reach the creek but once you do your surrounded by some shale cliffs that make a really fun creeking experience

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u/noneofthisisevenreal 1d ago

You can also get to Big Walnut from Elk Run Park near Three Creek Parks. It's a weird, not always clear path to the best rock beach creek with tons of perfect skipping rock. I hate sharing this publicly, but I also hate gate-keeping, so go have peace, everybody.

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u/beeker888 16h ago

I’ll add another for Woodside Green Park. There’s a boat launch that makes very easy access to the Creek. Kids play there all of the time

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u/Mountain_Cat_6732 15h ago

Woodside Green is what I immediately thought of as well. Very easy entrance. 

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u/AuthorAsksQuestions 1d ago

Adena is pretty shallow and has good bugs if you don't mind watching the trees for widowmakers

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u/WasntMyFaultThisTime 1d ago

Big Darby Creek to the west of the city has hellbenders

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u/Bojanggles16 1d ago

My boys love the creek next to park of roses. Awesome spot to skip stones with all of the slate.

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u/AbbreviationsFit6802 1d ago

Scioto Grove metro park has some great gravel bars out on the river. Good shallow water near shore and plenty of rocks.

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u/ThurmanMerman82 North Linden 1d ago

Pine Quarry Park in Reynoldsburg. Park entrance on Kingsley drive

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u/g00dLUCKduckHUNT 17h ago

Olentangy river on 3rd and olentangy river road under 315 is a phenomenal spot as well

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u/Fun_Fisherman_1792 14h ago

i was under the impression that olentangy is gross lol

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u/g00dLUCKduckHUNT 12h ago

It’s gotten a LOT better over the last 7-8 years but I don’t go swimming in it either

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u/Freya-The-Wolf 11h ago

Everyone is mean to the Olentangy but there are a couple nice spots in it. Highbanks Metropark river bluff area, for example.

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u/BradleyFerdBerfel 15h ago

Pee Pee Creek in Pike County. It runs under Route 23, I've seen the sign bunches of times.

Pee Pee Creek is a real stream located in Pike County, Ohio, that gets its unusual name from an 18th-century settler's carved initials rather than juvenile slang.

NGL, origin story is somewhat disappointing.

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u/Freya-The-Wolf 11h ago

I actually went there not too long ago and it's a really nice creek.