“730 acres of nature & Ohio history”
Sharon Woods is a popular park that features a visitor center with exhibits, gift shop and Adventure Station, an accessible two-story indoor play area for children ages two to 12. The park is a popular spot to exercise outdoors with a 2.6-mile paved multi-purpose trail around the lake, a 1.0-mile Parcours trail and the 0.7-mile Gorge nature trail. Reservable areas include Lakeside Lodge, shelters and picnic areas with Great Parks Catering available. As well as optional children’s celebration packages at Sharon Centre. Soccer practice fields are available for lease.Historic Southwest Ohio (HSO) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preservation of 19th century life. HSO operates the Heritage Village Museum in Sharon Woods Park. The Village is a recreated 1800’s community featuring thirteen historic buildings that were saved from destruction and moved to their present location.
At Heritage Village Museum, you will experience the rural simplicity of a small town life as it was during Ohio in the 1800’s.
Open to the public year-round, volunteers provide guided tours, supervise gift and book shops, coordinate special events, demonstrate traditional crafts and cooking and present educational programs for over 19,000 guests each year.
A beautiful hiking spot with plenty of wildlife and trails that wind around the ponds and lakes. There is also a fun water play area for kids, a place to rent kayaks and a few playgrounds. If you look for the trailheads outside of the main areas the small crowds thin out dramatically. A great Day trip location.
I love Sharon Woods. It's a huge park with running trails through the woods as well as paved and a bunch of smaller playground areas. It's nice for hiking or running and generally just being in nature. There's a running path that goes around a small lake - about 2.8 miles - so one or a couple of loops is a really nice run.
This is a great park for exploring and events. There are loads of shelters, but they do fill up; be sure to reserve well in advance. They also have an indoor play area for kids, which is great when the weather turns and you need to get your children out of your house.
You will need to pay to get in. Really, though, get a Hamilton County Parks pass. It is worth the few bucks.
My favorite park when I was a kid. I loved splashing in the creek and fountain and climbing on the ice age animals...wear stuff you don't mind getting wet in :)
I loved the playground, with its splash park, as a kid and I loved paddle boating on the lake. I did some of the trails and found them to be "meh" but I think it's just because I did those in the winter.
I can't believe it took me so long to visit this park. I like that it offers a lot of isolation for the city.
Can't wait to explore it more in the spring/summer.
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