Alerts and Closures

Mitchell Mountain Bike Trail Closed

• Start: November 7, 2025
• Weather
• Mitchell Memorial Forest

The mountain bike trail at Mitchell Memorial Forest is closed due to wet conditions. Please do not ride.

Seasonal Facility Update

• Start: November 6, 2025
• Scheduled Maintenance
• All Parks

As colder weather arrives, some restrooms and park facilities are now closed for the winter season. Portable restrooms are available in select areas for visitor convenience.

Campgrounds remain open for winter camping; however, site water spigots have been turned off for the season. Thank you for your understanding as we prepare our parks for winter conditions.

Closure of Buckeye Falls Drive

• Start: October 30, 2025
• Project Related
• Sharon Woods Harbor

Due to construction activities, Buckeye Falls Drive/Kreis Dam will be closed to pedestrian and vehicular access from Highbanks Drive to the Sharon Woods Golf Course Parking Lot, from dawn to 4:30 p.m. daily.

Lunken Airport Trail Closures

• Start: October 21, 2025
• End: November 7, 2025
• Construction
• Otto Armleder Memorial Park

Through Nov. 7, there will be rolling closures on the Lunken Airport Trail while work is being performed by the airport. 

Pavillion Restrooms Closed

• Start: October 21, 2025
• Other
• Embshoff Woods Nature Preserve

Maintenance work is being performed on the floor of the River Mount Pavilion Restrooms and those restrooms will remain closed until further notice.

Paving at Miami Whitewater Forest

• Start: October 8, 2025
• End: October 18, 2025
• Construction
• Miami Whitewater Forest

Contractors will be repaving the parking lot at Miami Whitewater Forest Harbor from October 8 - 18. Facilities will remain open, but minor inconveniences should be expected. 

Discovery Tree Closed

• Start: October 6, 2025
• Construction
• Cotswold Visitor Center

Due to renovations, public access to the Discovery Tree is temporarily closed. Access to the rest of the Discovery Garden is uninterrupted.

Sharon Woods Closures

• Start: July 31, 2025
• Project Related
• Sharon Woods

Ongoing: Due to construction of the Sharon Lake draining and dredging project, park facilities will close beginning April 1, 2024: Sharon Lake, including the fishing dock and canoe/kayak launch, Boathouse, Shared-Use Trail around the lake, Lakeside Lodge reservable shelter & adjacent parking lot on Kemper Road and the Upper Gorge parking lot near Kreis Dam. 

Winton Lake Public Access

• Start: July 28, 2025
• End: November 2, 2026
• Construction
• Winton Woods

Public access to Winton Lake is prohibited while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) lowers the water level for essential dam maintenance from August to November 2025. Boathouse operations, rentals, paddling access, fishing and all other lake-based recreational activities will resume in spring 2026.

Golf Cart Paths Closed

• Start: March 25, 2025
• Construction
• Shawnee Lookout

Due to work for the Shawnee Lookout Stream Restoration project, the former golf cart paths will be closed beginning March 25th. Eagle’s Landing parking lot will remain open. Park roads and other trails will not be affected.