Southwest Ohio
Southwest Ohio
Southwest Ohio is mostly gently rolling hills and fertile topsoil. The area is highlighted by Cincinnati, Ohio the Queen City of the West.Other major metro areas include Dayton, Springfield, Chillicothe and Portsmouth.
One of the highlights in Cincinnati is the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. This museum presents dramatic stories of an important era in American history and a must see for visitors to Southwest Ohio.
The center is located in downtown Cincinnati between the Bengals Football Statium and the Reds Baseball Park.
Dayton Ohio was at one time the technological center of the country. The city has a rich heritage of inventions and innovations, with more patents per capita than any other city in the nation.
None of those innovations was more transforming than those created by the Wright Brothers, two enterprising men that lived in Dayton, who owned a printing business, an emporium, printed newspapers, operated and manufactured bicycles, and of course, were credited with piloting the first heavier than air craft in 1903. These 2 men went on to promote their airplane around the world. Today, Dayton features numerous exhibits and sites devoted to the Wright Brothers.
Electric Railway Car shown at left is on display at Carillon Park and is part of just one of the exhibits featued at Carillon Park.
Carillon Park has a new railway display building to house their locomotive, interurban, and railway displays. Also featured are numerous historic displays from around Ohio, about Ohio.
Free and open daily, the National Museum of the United States Air Force features the full gamut of flight. Located at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, the museum is a must see for anyone with an interest in flight.
Chillicothe was the first capitol of Ohio and where our state government was formed. Before then, Ohio was also a thriving center for pre-historic Ohioans who had developed an extensive empire with the Chillicothe area as the center of the empire.
Each Labor Day weekend, the Fair at New Boston is held just west of Springfield Ohio at George Rogers Clark State Park.
Southwest Ohio has numerous mounds and earthworks like the Seip Mound located 14 miles southwest of Chillicothe. Also in the area about 25 miles southwest of there, is the Serpent Mound, the largest effigy mound in the world.
Beach Waterpark
2590 Water Park Drive
Mason, Ohio 45040
(513) 398-7946
Great Wolf Lodge
2501 Great Wolf Drive
Mason,
Ohio 45040
(800) 913-WOLF
Kings Island
Kings Island Dr
Mason, Ohio 45040
(800) 288-0808
Coney Island Amusement Park
6201 Kellogg Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45228
(
513) 232-8230
In 1854, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his poem, Catawba Wine, to memorialize the Cincinnati's vineyards.
Today there are about 15 Wineries in Southwestern Ohio.
Anderson Winery
5710 Wooster Pike
Cincinnati, Ohio 45227
(513) 624-0651
Burnet Ridge
6721 Richard Avenue
College Hill, Ohio 45224
(513) 522-4203
Harmony Hill Vineyards
2534 Swings Corner Point Isabel Road
Bethel, Ohio 45106
513-734-3548
Henke Winery
3077 Harrison Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45211
513-662-9463
Kinkead Ridge Estate Winery
513-734-3548
Ripley, Ohio 45167
937-392-6077
McIntosh Winery & Restaurant
2033 Bethel New Hope Rd
Bethel, Ohio 45106
(
937) 379-1159
Meier's Wine Cellars
6955 Plainfield Road
Silverton, Ohio 45236
(513) 891-2900
Meranda Nixon Winery
6517 Laycock Rd.
Ripley, Ohio 45167
(937) 392-4654
Moyer's Vineyards, Winery & Restaurant
3859 US Route 52
Manchester, Ohio 45144
(937) 549-2957
Valley Vineyards
2276 E US 22
Morrow, Ohio 45152
(513) 899-2485
Vinoklet Winery
11069 Colerain Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45252
(513) 385-9309
Woodstone Creek Winery & Distillery
3641 Newton Ave
Cincinnati, Ohio 45207
(513) 569-0300
Cedar Bog
located 4 miles south of Urbana and 1 mile west of US Route 58. Cedar Bog is a haven for scores of plant and animal species commonly found in the area after the last ice age, but are now are considerably rare.
Hueston Woods State Park
is located in Butler and Preble counties. The park is nearly 3,000 acres of natural resources for outdoor recreation, such as hiking, fishing, canoeing, and unique to this region -- fossil hunting.
Caesar Creek Gorge State Park
highlighted by clear blue waters, scattered woodlands, meadows and steep ravines. The park offers some of the finest outdoor recreation in southwest Ohio including boating, hiking, camping and fishing. Located at 8570 E State Route 73 Waynesville, Ohio 45068
Greenville Falls Park
is 92 acres with hiking trail and viewing platform high above the falls area on Greenville Creek. Greenville Falls is located west of Covington on the corner of Rangeline Road and Covington-Gettysburg Road at 9140 Covington-Gettysburg Rd., Covington, Ohio
Miami's Pride: the county courthouse located in Troy home of the annual Strawberry Festival.