Central Ohio's most interesting trees

👴 Greenlawn Cemetery's Grandfather Tree is an oak estimated to be about 320 years old — far preceding the 177-year-old cemetery.

🥇 Four Ohio "Champion Trees," once the state's largest of their species, are in Goodale Park and Schiller Park (two elms, an ash and a catalpa).

😮 Alum Creek State Park is home to Ohio's largest eastern cottonwood, measuring almost 32 feet around.

🥭 Jeffrey Park in Bexley has giant pawpaw trees bearing Ohio's state fruit on its nature trail.

🪦 Your favorite Metro Park, Highbanks, has Overlook Trail oaks that are 200-300 years old, near the Pool Family gravestones.

🌲 Walnut Woods Metro Park is known for tall pines, but its Pin Oak Trail's namesake tree is 110 feet tall, 19 feet around and 150-200 years old.