Metro Parks opened its newest attraction 鈥� a 50-to-60 foot tall canopy walkway 鈥� at Blacklick Woods Metro Park on Friday.
The giant wood and metal structure allows visitors near the park's nature center to traverse through the tree line at a birds eye view. The structure even has some fun features like a closed-in rope bridge and some cargo nets for children to walk around in.
Metro Parks Director Tim Moloney and city officials from Reynoldsburg cut the ribbon on the canopy walk Friday morning, and allowed dozens of visitors to begin making the climb up the stairs. There is also an elevator to the top, making it accessible to people with disabilities or limited mobility.
鈥淚t鈥檚 40 feet in the air, the main canopy walk," Moloney said. "The top of it is between 55 and 60 feet in the air. And what鈥檚 really cool about it is it鈥檚 fully accessible."
Moloney said the canopy walk has been planned for years since the 10-year, 0.95 mill levy was a