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Goodale Park

Overview: Goodale Park is rated 4.6/5 from 4391 Google reviews. Visitors say this city park has a beautiful fountain, paved walking paths, tennis courts, and a pond where you can fish. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade and seating and covered spots.

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4.6(4,391 reviews)

Visitors say this city park has a beautiful fountain, paved walking paths, tennis courts, and a pond where you can fish. They also highlight that it's a great place to enjoy the outdoors, with plenty of shade trees and seating areas, and is especially popular during the annual ComFest event.

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owners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenities

Quick facts

Address120 W Goodale St, Columbus, OH 43215, USA

Phone(614) 645-3300

City pageColumbus

Imported fromColumbus, OH

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Vyshnavi Vennelakanti6 months ago

This was my first time visiting Goodale Park, and it is an amazing place! There are lots of seating areas, which make it perfect for a picnic spot. The lake is beautiful, covered with water lilies, and I even saw plenty of dragonflies fluttering around. The elephant fountain is wonderful — I loved watching the water stream out of the elephants’ trunks. I also noticed some park benches with built-in chessboards. If I had brought chess pieces, I would have loved to sit and play a game there. There are also plenty of walking paths, making it a great place to stroll and relax. A perfect spot to unwind and enjoy nature in the city.

Thaniele MR6 months ago

A beautiful park to relax, admire the scenery, and walk with the dogs. You can see squirrels and ducks. The fountain is beautiful. The grass is very well-kept and the flowers are colorful.

Michelle Lesher8 months ago

It’s a nice park, it was our go to place 25 years ago. Now you better keep your eyes open and all belongings near you at all times. The park has a high homeless population that isn’t shy about approaching anyone. Events there are a cluster. The park has outgrown itself and there isn’t enough room or parking for what’s going on to run smoothly or in an organized manner.

Warren K Specht2 months ago

Great Park. Oldest in Columbus ? Trees that are very old. Ginkgos! Love them.

Anthony Hook6 months ago

Was in town for a day off from a trip and looking for a court to hit some balls. This free court in this beautiful park was great! Very well maintained, free and was very fulfilling!

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Monday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Thursday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Friday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Saturday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Sunday: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM

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