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Alum Creek Below Dam Area
One review for Alum Creek Below Dam Area
1 review in English
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Review from Matthew B.
Columbus, OH
9/20/2008
What a beautiful little park! Adjacent to Alum Creek State Park and sharing the opposite bank of the lake therein, I recently spent a day here as part of a manager's retreat for my job. While the plan for the day was mostly tedious boredom, talks and discussions and team-building, it was impossible to ignore the beauty of this quaint little picnic spot.
The ACBDA (whew!) is mostly a wide open field, bordered on one side by the road and on the other side by the retaining wall and dam for the lake/reservoir at Alum Creek State Park. There's a couple picnic pavilions (reservations accepted) and a couple playgrounds as well as a handful of grills- a perfect little picnic place that feels far away from the city but really isn't.
I took the opportunity to climb the long, straight-up staircase to the top of the dam, and I'm glad I did. It offers a hell of a view of the lake; you're way high up, the water's way down below, and all around people look like ants, distant specks of humanity. Peaceful, although it's worth noting that the place is a hotbed for jogging and dog-walking so it's not exactly solitude.
If you're looking for a place to take the family for a picnic or if you have to plan a small gathering, this is a decent place to go. It's probably the only park I've ever witnessed cleaning staff at- as we arrived, a woman was washing down the picnic tables. The bathroom facilities were almost alarmingly clean for a public park.
Not a bad little place. Not a bad little place at all.
