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City of Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
parks system has five regional and 70 neighborhood parks and 34 nature preserves operated by the
Cincinnati Park Board
The Cincinnati Park Board (officially the Cincinnati Board of Park Commissioners) maintains and operates all city parks in Cincinnati, Ohio. Established in 1911 with the purchase of , today the board services more than of city park space. The boar ...
. The following is an (incomplete) list of these protected areas in Cincinnati, Ohio:
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Bracken Woods Bracken Woods, owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board, is a city park in the neighborhood of Westwood in Cincinnati, Ohio
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Buttercup Valley
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Fernbank Park
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LaBoiteaux Woods
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Lincoln Park
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McEvoy Park
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Mt. Airy Forest
The Mount Airy Forest, in Cincinnati, Ohio, was established in 1911. It was one of the earliest, if not the first, urban reforestation project in the United States. With nearly , it's the largest park in Cincinnati's park system.
History
The or ...
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Mt. Echo Park
Mt. Echo Park is an urban park in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Located on a hilltop, the park offers scenic overlooks of Downtown Cincinnati, the Ohio River, and Northern Kentucky.
Mt. Echo Park opened in 190 ...
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Parkers Woods
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Rapid Run Park Rapid Run Park is an urban park in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Avon Woods
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Bellevue Hill Park
Bellevue Hill Park, owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board, is a city park in the neighborhood of Clifton Heights in Cincinnati, Ohio on Ohio Avenue. The park consists of , part of which is leased to the city by the University of Cinci ...
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Bradford-Felter Tanglewood
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Burnet Woods
Burnet Woods, owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board, is an city park in Cincinnati, Ohio. The neighborhoods of Clifton and University Heights bound the park on three sides, while the University of Cincinnati west campus forms the s ...
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Caldwell Preserve
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Eden Park
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Krohn Conservatory
The Irwin M. Krohn Conservatory is a conservatory located in Eden Park within Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States.
History
The conservatory was completed in 1933, replacing smaller greenhouses that had stood in Eden Park since 1894. Originall ...
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Fleischmann Gardens Fleischman or Fleischmann may refer to:
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Fountain Square
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In the United States, there are numerous fountain squares, many of which are actually called "fountain square." Ther ...
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Friendship Park
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Hauck Botanic Gardens
The Hauck Botanic Gardens (8 acres) are horticultural gardens located at 2715 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, on the former estate of Cornelius J. Hauck (1893-1967). They are open daily without charge. Hauck planted some 900 varieties of tree ...
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Hopkins Park
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Inwood Park
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Jackson Hill Park Jackson Hill Park is a Cincinnati park located in the neighborhood of Mt. Auburn, purchased by the city in 1930. The park is owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board. In 1983 the park received new landscaping
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Lytle Park
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Mt. Storm Park
Mount Storm Park is a City of Cincinnati municipal park situated on a site on the western slope of a hill overlooking the Mill Creek Valley.
In the mid-19th century the property comprised the site of the estate of Robert Bonner Bowler, a dry good ...
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Piatt Park
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Sawyer Point
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Smale Riverfront Park
The Banks is a mixed-use development and neighborhood along the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the land between Paycor Stadium and Great American Ball Park.
History
The construction for a new riverfront area between the two stadiums is the r ...
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Washington Park
East Side
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Alms Park
The Frederick H. Alms Memorial Park is a Cincinnati park in the community of Mt. Lookout/Columbia-Tusculum, most often called "Alms Park" for short, owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board. Its entrance is located at 650 Tusculum Avenue.
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Annwood Park
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Ault Park
Ault Park is the fourth-largest park in Cincinnati at 223.949 acres (0.9 km²), owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board. It lies in the Mount Lookout neighborhood on the city's east side. The hilltop park has an overlook which comm ...
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Bettman Preserve The Bettman Preserve, owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board, is a city park in the neighborhoods of Evanston and Hyde Park in Cincinnati, Ohio on Beech Lane. The preserve contains several acres of woodland
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California Woods
California Woods is a City of Cincinnati municipal park situated in the neighborhood of California
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Daniel Drake Park Daniel Drake Park is a Cincinnati park located on Redbank Road opposite Onondago Avenue in the neighborhood of Kennedy Heights, named after Daniel Drake (a physician and early citizen of Cincinnati). The park is owned and operated by the Cincinnati ...
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French Park
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Hyde Park Square
Hyde Park Square is a residential, tree-planted, garden square one block north of Hyde Park fronted by classical buildings, many of which are listed and marks a crossover of Lancaster Gate and Connaught Village neighbourhoods of Bayswater, Lon ...
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Kennedy Heights Park Kennedy Heights Park is an urban park in the Kennedy Heights neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Otto Armleder
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Owl's Nest Park
Owl's Nest Park is an urban park in the East Walnut Hills and Evanston neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio, owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board
The Cincinnati Park Board (officially the Cincinnati Board of Park Commissioners) maintains ...
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Stanbery Park
References
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
Parks
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...