Story Trails

Enjoy the fresh air, a stroll...and a story! These literacy adventures build reading skills and create memories, from start to finish. For all ages.

Visit again and again; you may find a different story waiting for you!

How It Works

Each suggested activity along the trail is a way to build early literacy skills. (Early literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they learn to read or write.)

Stop at each station.
Look at the picture.
Read the story together.
Complete the activity.
Move on to the next page!

Locations

Johnston-McVay Park

A mom and child enjoying the story trail at Johnston-McVay Park in November 2020

This trail is a windy 1/4-mile paved loop featuring unique playground equipment. Learn more about this park.

Presented in partnership with Westerville Parks & Recreation. Thanks to funding from the Westerville Library Foundation.

Hilmar Park

Picture of cover page of book in metal post along a trail lined with prairie wildflowers

This sunny and flat trail is a 1/4 mile paved loop around a grass field featuring prairie wildflowers. Learn more about this park.

Presented in partnership with Genoa Township. Thanks to funding from Genoa Township and the Westerville Library Foundation.

Ridgewood Park

Photo of page spread from a book (I Got the Rhythm) in a metal post next to a wood boardwalk in the forest

This wooded trail is a 1-mile (round trip) mulch path with walking bridges along a creek. Stroller friendly. Parking lot located on Buenos Aires Blvd between Harbin Dr and Madrid Dr. Learn more about this park.

Presented in partnership with Blendon Township. Thanks to funding from the Westerville Library Foundation.