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This guide to 60 of the best hikes in the Cincinnati area leads you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, and historical settings.
List of contents
Cincinnati
- Ault Park
- Buttercup Valley and Parker’s Woods
- Caldwell Nature Preserve
- California Woods Nature Preserve
- Cincinnati Nature Center
- Eden Park
- Fernbank Park
- Mount Airy Forest: Furnas, Quarry, and Red Oak
- Sharon Woods
- Shawnee Lookout
- Spring Grove Cemetery
- Winton Woods
Ohio
- Adams Lake State Park and State Nature Preserve
- Beaver Creek Wildlife Area
- Bender Mountain
- Buzzardroost Rock Preserve
- Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve
- Caesar Creek State Park Fifty Springs
- Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve
- Chilo Lock 34 Park and Crooked Run Nature Preserve
- Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve
- Cox Arboretum
- East Fork State Park
- Fernald Preserve
- Germantown MetroPark
- Gilmore MetroPark
- Governor Bebb Preserve
- Hueston Woods State Park and Nature Preserve
- John Bryan State Park
- Miami of Ohio: Natural Areas
- Miami Whitewater Forest: Outer Loop
- Miami Whitewater: Badlands, Timberlakes, and Oakleaf
- Pyramid Hill
- Redbird Hollow
- Spring Valley Wildlife Area
- Stonelick State Park
- Sugarcreek MetroPark
- Wilderness Trail
- Withrow Nature Preserve
Indiana
- Clifty Falls State Park and Clifty Canyon Nature Preserve
- Hardy Lake State Recreation Area
- Hayes Arboretum
- Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary
- Mounds State Recreation Area
- Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge: Nature Center
- Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge: Richart
- Muscatatuck Park
- Selmier State Forest
- Shrader-Weaver State Nature Preserve
- Versailles State Park
- Whitewater Gorge Cardinal Trail
- Whitewater Memorial State Park
Kentucky
- Big Bone Lick State Park
- Blue Lick State Resort Park
- Boone County Cliffs State Nature Preserve
- Curtis Gates Lloyd Wildlife Management Area
- Dinsmore Homestead and State Nature Preserve
- Fort Thomas Landmark Tree Trail
- General Butler State Resort Park
- Kincaid State Resort Park
About the author
In the woods or knee-deep in a creek bed, looking for fossils, is where you can usually find Tamara York—if you are lucky and can keep up. Tamara grew up exploring the woods near her grandparents’ farm outside Connersville, Indiana. Her passion for the outdoors and “goofing off” brought her to Purdue University, where she graduated with a B.S. in Wildlife Management. She and her husband have climbed Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park, Maine, and enjoy hiking with their daughters in state parks, wildlife areas, and forests in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Tamara is a trained and seasoned naturalist with more than 25 years of field experience and has worked with the Indiana and Ohio departments of natural resources. She is an award-winning public speaker. She spends her free time hiking, writing, creating videos, and gardening.
Summary
This guide to 60 of the best hikes in the Cincinnati area leads you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, and historical settings.
