Cox Arboretum and Gardens MetroPark

Cox Arboretum and Gardens MetroPark
Cox Arboretum and Gardens MetroPark
	The butterfly house at the MetroPark
Type	Botanical garden and park
Nearest city	Dayton, Ohio
Coordinates	39°39′13″N 84°13′40″W / 39.65368°N 84.22789°W
Area	189 acres (76 ha)
Created	1962
Operated by	Five Rivers Metroparks
Website	Official website

The Cox Arboretum and Gardens MetroPark is a 189 acres (76 ha) arboretum and park located at 6733 Springboro Pike, Dayton, Ohio (in Miami Township, south of the city proper). It is open daily without charge. Cox Arboretum and Gardens MetroPark is one of many Dayton area parks within the Five Rivers Metroparks system.

The arboretum was established in 1962 when James M. Cox Jr., and family donated their property to a nonprofit foundation, which continues to help fund the arboretum. In 1972 the land was given to Five Rivers Metroparks in a public/private partnership.

The arboretum contains a shrub garden with over 500 varieties of trees and shrubs, butterfly house and garden, small lake, children's maze, conifer knoll, crab apple allee, herb garden, ornamental grass collection, perennial garden, rock garden, water garden, woodland wildflower garden, and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of walking trails.