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Gallant Woods Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 154 Google reviews · Running trail in Delaware, Ohio · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Mixed
- Loop distance
- 25 mi
- Shape
- Loop
- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Gallant Woods Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Featuring old growth woods and restored prairies, this 231-acre park offers trails, wetlands, a playground, and picnic facilities.
What runners say about Gallant Woods Park
“Gallant Woods Park in Delaware, Ohio, offers well-maintained crushed gravel trails, perfect for winter walks.”
“Beautiful park with gravel paths, decently private and a great place to walk the dogs without worry of crowds on a Thursday evening.”
Super nice trails. Depending on the trail, you may be under full green canopy trees or out in the meadow. The longest trail is not on the map yet but it’s pretty rustic, 95% full canopy, and unpaved, but nicely packed with a good handful of fell trees across the path and a really nice run.
Decent size park. It seems more like a metro park. The trails are well maintained. You can choose from a variety of trails that go through the park. There is a shelter house, permanent restrooms, sledding hill, playground equipment and plenty of parking.
Really an amazing place, there a multiple looping trails through a variety of habitats and each is more spectacular than the last. I especially enjoyed the Acorn Trail, it winds through a large Oak forest and then curves back across field and into a smaller but equally impressive maple grove.
Beautiful place to walk and enjoy nature, this is a medium park where one can easily complete a 5k without looping on yourself, there is a great set of trails that connects and a sled riding hill as well. This park is nice during all seasons. The addition of the mindfulness reminders along the path are very nice.
Trail conditions & character
“Beautiful park with gravel paths, decently private and a great place to walk the dogs without worry of crowds on a Thursday evening.”
“There is a shelter house, permanent restrooms, sledding hill, playground equipment and plenty of parking.”
“Beautiful park with gravel paths, decently private and a great place to walk the dogs without worry of crowds on a Thursday evening.”
“Beautiful park with gravel paths, decently private and a great place to walk the dogs without worry of crowds on a Thursday evening.”
“There is a shelter house, permanent restrooms, sledding hill, playground equipment and plenty of parking.”
“You can make a decent 2-mile loop out of the new trail and the pheasant trail.”
Plan your run at Gallant Woods Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- SurfaceMixed — more than one surface along the route, so check the segment you plan to run
- Loop distance25 mi back to where you parked. Long enough for a real long run.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- At the trailheadparking, restrooms, water — reported by runners
- DogsWelcome, per reviewers. Leash rules vary by park — the trailhead sign is the authority.
- Websitepreservationparks.com
- Phone(740) 524-8600
- Social Instagram · Facebook
Hours
| Monday | 8 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM–7 PM |
| Saturday | 8 AM–7 PM |
| Sunday | 8 AM–7 PM |
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