Construction may affect your access to the following parks and facilities:

• Ongoing: Construction activity is underway to replace the Kestrel Point Shelter at Winton Woods. Partial lot closures will be in place and minor inconveniences can be anticipated.
• Ongoing: The Wizard’s Garden area as well as Frog & Toad's Pond at Glenwood Gardens will be closed through April 2025 due to construction.
• Ongoing: Starting on Mar. 31, staff will deconstruct the Cedar Bend Playground at Shawnee Lookout. The playground has been closed since October due to safety concerns. Deconstruction will not impact the use of trails, restrooms, or Cedar Bend shelter reservations.
• Nov. 2024-Apr. 2025: The Drees Connector Trail Project at Miami Whitewater Forest will commence November 5, 2024 and continue through April 30, 2025 at Miami Whitewater Forest near the Shaker Trace Outer Loop Trail.
• Jan. 2-Apr. 30: Weather permitting, Old Kellogg Road between Eight Mile Road and Woodland Mound park will be closed for bridge construction, preventing access to the Old Kellogg entrance. The park is still accessible from the Nordyke Road entrance.
• Mar. 3-May 30: A section of the Armleder - Lunken Connector Trail will be closed from Mar. 3 through late May due to a Duke Energy gas pipeline replacement project.

Ongoing:  Due to river levels and debris, the Steamboat Bend Boat Ramp and Marina is closed until the water level returns to normal.

Apr. 16: Buckeye Falls Drive from Highbanks Drive to the Sharon Woods Golf Course Parking Lot will be closed to vehicular access due to construction activities from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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 – see map of Alternative Trail
• Lakeside Lodge reservable shelter and adjacent parking lot on Kemper Road

Ongoing: Great Parks crews will be removing asphalt on Island Grove Dr. to create a 12’ wide paved trail. Island Grove Dr. will be temporarily closed to pedestrian foot traffic during construction and permanently closed to vehicular traffic. Work is expected to complete in early April. 

Ongoing: 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.

Ongoing: The Winton Woods Disc Golf Course is closed until further notice for seeding.

Little Miami River Access Improvements at Bass Island will begin Monday, November 18, 2024 and will be complete in late 2025. The Bass Island parking lot and river access will be closed during this time. Please refer to the project page for more information and check the website for updates on alerts and closures.

Ongoing: Fernbank Park is now open, but the restrooms, playground and Sycamore Nature Trail remain closed.

Apr. 29: The Mitchell Memorial Forest mountain bike trails are closed due to wet conditions. Please do not ride. 

Apr. 29: The Winton Woods Boathouse Harbor is be closed for the remainder of the day due to the weather. It will reopen for its regular hours on Saturday.