Trails

Embshoff Woods Fitness Trail

Watch for soaring hawks, woodland birds and spring wildflowers along this scenic forest trail.

• ‎ Length: 1.0 miles
• ‎ Type: Fitness
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Pin Oak Trail

The Pin Oak Trail winds through three habitats: shady second-growth forest, open prairie and wetlands.

• ‎ Length: .6
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Easy

Fernbank Shared-Use Trail

Offers Ohio River views, barge traffic, and remnants of Lock & Dam 37, including workers' homes.

• ‎ Length: 1 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature, Shared-Use
• ‎ Level: Easy

Sycamore Trail

Hike the Ohio River trail, spotting black vultures with white wingtips. Explore the former Lee Park area, rich in history with a racetrack and the repurposed Whitewater Canal-turned-railroad.

• ‎ Length: 1 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Easy

Francis RecreAcres Shared-Use Trail

This easy loop passes soccer fields and a universally accessible playground, making it a great neighborhood route with convenient parking.

• ‎ Length: 1 mile
• ‎ Type: Shared-Use
• ‎ Level: Easy

Garden Loop Trail

Passes the Legacy Garden and scenic gazebo overlook. A stone bridge built with local rock features visible fossils from ancient sea life once inhabiting the area.

• ‎ Length: 1.1 miles
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Easy

Glenwood Gardens to Winton Woods Trail

The 3.6-mile trail will connect two major Great Parks destinations and extends the existing West Fork Mill Creek Greenway Trail to 9 miles of continuous trail.

• ‎ Length: 3.6 miles
• ‎ Type: Shared-use
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Wetland Loop Trail

Trail winds through forest, prairie, and wetland. Spot frogs, birds, butterflies, and wildflowers. Look for blazing star, dragonflies at vernal pools, and the lotus pond's stunning American lotus in late summer.

• ‎ Length: 1.6 miles
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Avoca Adpative Trail

Accessible to beginner and adaptive mountain bikers, this trail offers gentle terrain and a river overlook.

• ‎ Length: 1.5 miles
• ‎ Type: Mountain Bike
• ‎ Level: Easy

Badlands Trail

A woodland trail featuring intermittent streams that disappear underground and reappear further along.

• ‎ Length: 1.7 miles
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Oakleaf Trail

Hikers may hear the red-shouldered hawk’s sharp ‘kee-aah’ call overhead. A common woodland resident, it’s known to watch or even follow visitors as they pass through its treetop territory.

• ‎ Length: 0.8 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Tallgrass Prairie Trail

Explore young woodlands, mature forest, and tallgrass prairie. Look for big bluestem and Indian grass, vital for birds and insects. The habitat mix draws diverse wildlife with food, water, shelter, and space.

• ‎ Length: 0.6 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Timberlakes Trail

Once a fitness trail, now a nature path through forest and around a small lake—spot herons, turtles, and other wildlife. Watch for signs of beavers, like gnawed tree stumps, as you enjoy this restored natural escape.

• ‎ Length: 2.1 miles
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Wooded Horse Trails A,B & C

The Miami Whitewater Forest Wooded Horse trails are open from dawn to dusk, weather permitting

• ‎ Length: 7.8 miles
• ‎ Type: Horse
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Shaker Trace Horse Trail

This 7-mile loop traverses prairies and wetlands over mostly level terrain.

• ‎ Length: 7
• ‎ Type: Horse
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Shaker Trace Inner Loop

A section of the trail follows the Dry Fork Creek. Exercise stations are featured along the way.

• ‎ Length: 1.4
• ‎ Type: Fitness
• ‎ Level: Easy/Moderate

Shaker Trace Outer Loop

Winds through vibrant prairies and wetlands, offering a scenic ride or walk through some of Ohio's most endangered habitats.

• ‎ Length: 7.8
• ‎ Type: Shared Use
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Mountain Bike Trail

Discover Hamilton County’s first purpose-built mountain bike trail, featuring IMBA-designed singletrack with two loops: Trail A (intermediate) and Trail B (advanced), built with CORA for a true off-road challenge.

• ‎ Length: 8.1 miles
• ‎ Type: Mountain Bike
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Wood Duck Trail

Offers chances to spot barred owls during the day and white-tailed deer along the path. On summer evenings, watch for lightning bugs and try to spot different species by their flash colors and patterns.

• ‎ Length: 1 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Armleder-Lunken Connector Trail

Connects Otto Armleder Memorial Park to the Lunken Playfield, passing through meadows and running alongside the Little Miami River before ascending to join the Lunken Airport Playfield Trail.

• ‎ Length: 1.1 miles
• ‎ Type: Shared-use
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Lunken Airport Playfield Trail

This loop around the active municipal airport offers open views of planes as they take off and land.

• ‎ Length: 5 miles
• ‎ Type: Shared-use
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Otto Armleder Shared-Use Trail

Excellent birdwatching opportunities await with nesting platforms for ospreys and birdhouses attracting native bluebirds and tree swallows. Watch for hawks, sparrows, short-eared owls and even elusive wildlife like foxes in diverse habitats along the way.

• ‎ Length: 1.9 miles
• ‎ Type: Shared-use
• ‎ Level: Easy

Gorge Trail

Runs alongside Sharon Creek, offering views of rock layers, fossil-filled shale and limestone and remnants of a former footbridge.

• ‎ Length: 0.7 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Sharon Woods Fitness Trail

Beginning at the harbor parking lot and following the park boundary, this wide loop features several exercise stations along the way.

• ‎ Length: 1 mile
• ‎ Type: Fitness
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Sharon Woods School Trail

A short, shaded loop through woods with birds, wildflowers, deer & foxes.

• ‎ Length: 0.6 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Sharon Woods Shared-use Trail

The Sharon Woods Shared-use Trail follows the shoreline of Sharon Woods Lake and offers views of diverse wildlife.

• ‎ Length: 2.6 miles
• ‎ Type: Shared-use
• ‎ Level: Easy

Blue Jacket Trail

A scenic path lined with fragrant spicebush, wildflowers, and tall prairie plants.

• ‎ Length: 1.3 miles
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Little Turtle Trail

The trail passes a prehistoric Woodland-period burial mound - one of nearly 40 ancient earthworks in the park reflecting 14,000 years of history.

• ‎ Length: 2 miles
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Miami Fort Trail

This scenic trail winds through the ancient Miami Fort earthwork, revealing burial mounds and offering panoramic views of the Ohio and Great Miami rivers - with Indiana and Kentucky visible on the horizon.

• ‎ Length: 1.4 miles
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Triple Creek Nature Trail

Winding through a mature forest, the trail is home to migratory birds like tanagers and purple martins. Vernal ponds along the way provide early spring breeding habitat for various amphibians.

• ‎ Length: 0.8 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Kingfisher Trail

The trail features several exercise stations to build variety into your workout.

• ‎ Length: 1.1 Miles
• ‎ Type: Fitness
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Glenwood Gardens to Winton Woods Trail

The 3.6-mile trail will connect two major Great Parks destinations and extends the existing West Fork Mill Creek Greenway Trail to 9 miles of continuous trail.

• ‎ Length: 3.6 miles
• ‎ Type: Shared-use
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Great Oaks Trail

Winding through the forest along Kingfisher Creek, the trail offers views of a towering oak tree and vibrant spring wildflowers in April.

• ‎ Length: 0.7 miles
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Harbor Loop Trail

Circling Winton Lake, this trail features two bridges, a tunnel to West Branch Trail and views of the boathouse and campground.

• ‎ Length: 1.7 miles
• ‎ Type: Shared Use
• ‎ Level: Easy

West Branch Trail

Connecting the harbor to the Winton Center and the Kingfisher Trail, it features seasonal blooms, birds and insects at the rain garden.

• ‎ Length: 0.9 mile
• ‎ Type: Shared Use
• ‎ Level: Easy

Winton Woods Fitness Trail

Winding through a scenic wooded area with evergreens and flowing creeks, the trail features several exercise stations along the way.

• ‎ Length: 1.1 miles
• ‎ Type: Fitness
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Winton Woods Horse Trail

The Winton Woods horse trail is open year-round from dawn to dusk. This out-and-back trail is 5.2-miles round-trip.

• ‎ Length: 5.2 miles
• ‎ Type: Horse
• ‎ Level: Easy

Woodlot Trail

Beyond the garden at the Winton Woods Farm & Equestrian Center, this short, wooded loop provides a quiet escape from the farm's activity.

• ‎ Length: 0.15 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Easy

Trout Lily Trail

One of the best trails for viewing a wide range of spring wildflowers, including virginia bluebells, woodland poppy, jacob's ladder, solomon's seal and two types of trillium.

• ‎ Length: 1.70 miles
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Hedgeapple Trail

This trail features unique Osage orange trees once used as fencing, a vernal pool habitat for turtles and amphibians, and sightings of warblers and owls.

• ‎ Length: 0.73 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Seasongood Trail

Scenic trail loops through hilly woodlands and open fields with Ohio River views. Watch for deer, wild turkeys, and red foxes. Seasonal vernal ponds host toads and salamanders, while bluebirds dart through edge habitats.

• ‎ Length: 0.8 mile
• ‎ Type: Nature
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Woodland Mound Fitness Trail

Trail winds through second-growth forest with fitness stations and native wildflowers like waterleaf, wild ginger, and Solomon's plume. Enjoy seasonal color and listen for barred owls calling at dawn and dusk.

• ‎ Length: 1 mile
• ‎ Type: Fitness
• ‎ Level: Moderate

Woodland Mound Shared-use Trail

Pass through native prairie and forested hills with views of the Ohio River. Spot butterflies, indigo buntings, bald eagles, and wild turkeys. End the day with stunning sunsets over the river.

• ‎ Length: 1.2 miles
• ‎ Type: Shared-use
• ‎ Level: Easy