Hilliard's Station Park — Attraction in Norwich Township

I visited Hilliard's Station Park for my first time on Saturday, June 26, so that I would be able to attend Hilliard's first-ever Pride event.

I live in Upper Arlington so my only experience of Hilliard, for many years, had been to travel back and forth on Cemetery Rd. It had been great to be able to see an area of Hilliard, only a few blocks north of Cemetery Rd., that I had never before seen.

The Hilliard Pride event could easily have been held at a park twice as large as Hilliard's Station Park because that event had been extremely crowded. However, I am certain that that location, because it is so central to Hilliard and also is extremely historical, had been Hilliard Pride's most appropriate location.

I assume that people attending the Hilliard Pride event would have been able to park on neighboring streets and then walk to the park; however, I traveled there and back via Uber since I do not drive.

I must say that it had seemed quite odd to me to be at a location that has been named a "park" yet has so little grass and so much concrete.

I have multiple vision impairments with the result that the many steps at Hilliard's Station Park -- that are scattered throughout the park and are not at all similar in design -- greatly limited my ability to safely navigate that crowded and visually complex space.

I did see several people in wheelchairs -- and one blind person with a white cane -- at the Hilliard Pride event, so I am guessing that Hilliard's Station Park is more "accessible" to people with disabilities than I would have assumed based on my own experience.

I would have preferred to be able to walk around freely while attending an outdoor festival without having to be prepared each moment for an unexpected step down or up below my feet.

The changing-every-few-seconds fountain, through which children ran much of the time while I had been there, reminded me of a similar fountain at Bicentennial Park in downtown Columbus.

That fountain is the largest flat area without steps at Hilliard's Station Park but I immediately realized that I would need to avoid that easily-walkable area because of the water spraying every few seconds.

The shelterhouse shielded the Hilliard Pride exhibitors from the sun; however, the interior walls had been echoing the multiple spoken words in that space with the result that it had been too loud in that space for me to be there except for brief moments.

I assume that it had been nearly impossible for most attenders of the Hilliard Pride event to have meaningful conversations with the people who had been staffing the tables.

I am glad that there is once again a location within Hilliard that uses the "Hilliard's Station" name. My understanding of Hilliard's history, for many years, has been that "Hilliard's Station" had been the original name of that town but that all of the people who had used that name have since died and that nobody calls it "Hilliard's Station" any more.

It has been great to see that the "Hilliard's Station" name is...

What a beautiful area of the old Hilliard city. There is a restaurant area that has multiple windows inside to order food and alcohol. There are multiple restaurants within a block or two as well. There are public restrooms available. It is a splash pad that consists of small little fountain areas. There's lots of seating on cement areas for adults. This is such a perfect place for you to let the kids play while you sip on a beverage and relax. There was also a band playing outdoors. What an amazing location for those who...

Hey what can I say this place really is just cool. It is a great family fun escape from the heat of the day. It can get crowed during mid day and that really is expected for such a neat little slice of heaven OH.

The kids can roam around with minimal hand holding, as the place has that small town feel of friendly and security.

Easy to get to and worth spending an hour or so with the kids or just on a romantic cool walk.

If you are in the area, do yourself a favor and check it out, you will be...