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Cincinnati
Art Museum
953 Eden Park Dr
513-721-5204
Founded in 1881, the Cincinnati Art Museum has expanded to house
88 galleries and more than 100,000 objects.
Cincinnati Zoo
3400 Vine St
513-281-4700
The Cincinnati Zoo is a seventy-acre home to 700 different animals
and species plus more than 3,000 types of plants. The zoo features
lowland gorillas, a baby elephant, and white Bengal tigers. The
Children's Zoo has 55,000 square feet of exhibits. "Insect
World" is the largest building in North America focusing on
the display of live insects.
Museum of Natural History and Science
1301 Western Ave
513287-7000
More than 125,000 square feet of exhibits spread over two levels
focus on regional natural history. The museum features immersion
exhibits designed to bring guests into the setting. The Children's
Discovery Center offers interactive exhibits on the human body and
on the impact of human settlement in Cincinnati over the last 400
years.
Paramount's Kings Island
6300 King's Island Drive
King's Island, OH 45034
513-573-5800
This awesome theme park features roller coasters, rides and lots
of excitement. Perhaps best-known is the Beast, the world's
longest wooden roller coaster, and the centerpiece among the other
11 coasters at the park. Little ones love Hanna-Barbera Land while
pre-teens and teens head for Nickelodeon Splat City featuring the
Rugrats, the Addams Family-style haunted Shriek House, and
WaterWorks, a 30-acre water park. With 300 rides and attractions
in all, the park itself is an event, even just to walk through.
Southgate House
24 E 3rd St
Newport, OH 41071
Guests to Cincinnati looking for a good time should check out
Southgate House, one of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky's best
club attractions. An historic mansion located on the Ohio River
across from downtown Cincinnati, the Southgate is being restored
with entertainment venues on every floor.
Taft Museum
316 Pike St
513-241-0343
The Taft is one of Cincinnati's treasures, recognized as one of
the best small art museums in the country. Built as a home in
1820, its final residents were Anna and Charles Taft (half-brother
of President William Howard Taft) who used their combined fortunes
to travel the world collecting paintings and decorative arts.
Americana Amusement Park
5757 Hamilton Middletown Rd
Middletown, OH 45044
513-539-7339
This amusement park has both old-fashioned and state-of-the-art
rides. There's a nostalgic brass ring carousel, a ferris wheel and
a tilt-a-whirl. The newer area features more than 100 rides, many
updated and refurbished within the past two years. Also included
are a trio of roller coasters, the very popular log flume ride, a
miniature golf course and a petting zoo. Kids also love the Kids
Water Play World with several water slides.
Bicentennail Commons Sawyer Point
801 E. Pete Rose Way
513-352-6316
Altogether, this park encompasses more than 22 acres of premiere
downtown playground including ice skating, roller skating, tennis
courts, a boathouse with a rowing center, a performance pavilion
with free concerts in the summer and a super playground for
children.
Cincinnati Nature Center
4949 Tealtown Rd
Milford, OH 45150
513-831-1711
This outstanding nature preserve, located east of Cincinnati,
offers 15 miles of trails in its 1,425-acres permitting easy
observation of the 237 varieties of wildflowers.
Heritage Village
Sharon Woods Park
11450 Lebanon Rd
513-563-9484
All of the buildings in this recreated 19th century village were
gathered from across southwestern Ohio to be part of the Heritage
Village.
Parky's Farm, Ark, Playce, and PlayBarn
10245 Winton Rd.
513-521-7275
Located in 2,630-acre Winton Woods, "Parky" activities
are designed to delight city children. Parky's Farm is a 100-acre
demonstration farm with vegetable gardens, orchards, farm animals
and a petting zoo. Parky's PlayBarn is an indoor, two-story
barn-like playground with soft flooring where kids can tumble,
explore and climb to their heart's content. Kids can get wet
at Parky's Ark water playground near the Harbor Pavilion, where
creatures like frogs, turtles, bugs and fish spurt water at
squealing youngsters. The hands-down favorite is the 180-foot
snake that crawls through the play area with 47 nozzles squirting
water in all directions. Kids can also choose to stay dry at
Parky's Playce, another playground located near the Pavilion.
The Dude Ranch
Waynesville Rd
Morrow, OH 45152
513-958-8099
The Dude Ranch offers everything from one-hour trail rides through
the woods and rolling meadows to a real cattle drive. Kids can
take pony rides, hay rides, and enjoy looking at all of the
beautiful horses and animals features on the trail.
The Beach Waterpark
2590 Water Park Dr
513-398-7946
The Beach features more than 41 water slides in its 35-acres.
Adults will like the 100,000-gallon Pearl lagoon where relaxation
is encouraged.
Children's Theater of Cincinnati
2106 Florence Ave
513-569-8080
Some of Cincinnati's best actors, musicians and technical people
are on the production team that presents great musicals, comedies
and dramas for kids. This is a great attraction for families with
children of all ages.
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