TOUR STARTING POINT - Goodale Park Caretakers Cottage & Shelter House

Start your tour at the Goodale Park Caretaker’s Cottage & Shelterhouse in the middle of the park. Here you’ll buy tickets, get your program including the route map. If you’ve pre-purchased your tickets online (and saved $5!) you will check in at the will-call desk and pick up your program. Public restrooms and bottled water for sale are available in the shelter house before you start your tour.

Goodale Park is a 32-acre park surrounded by Victorian Village, a neighborhood of homes with charming, historic architectural features. It is the oldest park in Columbus and among the oldest in the United States. At the center of the park is the Arts & Crafts Caretaker’s Cottage and Shelterhouse surrounded by flowers and numerous plantings managed by Friends of Goodale, a volunteer group that works to improve the park