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Hunter Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 175 Google reviews · Running trail in Franklin, Ohio · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Hunter 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.
Park, for baseball and softball, featuring a playground and picnic tables.
What runners say about Hunter Park
“This park is clean and well-maintained, even with baseball games happening almost daily.”
Great place to go for. Walk. Just beware of residents from near neighborhood. They walk their dogs off the leash and allow their dogs to run freely. Dogs don't bother me but I talked with a young woman and she had her 2 small dogs and someone's big dogs ran up on her and her fur babies and scared her..
A nice park with a couple of playground sets, ball fields, paved walking path, large parking lot, and a pond. The pond is catch and release, no swimming, and no boats. The path is close to a mile loop. There are benches and dog waste resources along the path. The are restrooms, which might be locked.
This is such a nice quiet community park. They have some really nice events every year and a nice selection of play sets for the kids. It's a really quiet, low key place to relax and it has a nice walking path.
We came to play ball here, i loved the trees that provided lots of shade! The dugouts and Fields do need updates for the players all around. Its a very nice park other than that little critique.
Trail conditions & character
“They walk their dogs off the leash and allow their dogs to run freely.”
“Major problems are parking & lack of handicapped parking, especially in an area where virtually everyone who asks is given a handicapped parking pass.”
Plan your run at Hunter Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- At the trailheadparking, restrooms — reported by runners
- DogsWelcome, per reviewers. Leash rules vary by park — the trailhead sign is the authority.
Hours
| Monday | 6 am–9 pm |
| Tuesday | 6 am–9 pm |
| Wednesday | 6 am–9 pm |
| Thursday | 6 am–9 pm |
| Friday | 6 am–9 pm |
| Saturday | 6 am–9 pm |
| Sunday | 6 am–9 pm |
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