City Attractions

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.

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.

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.

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.

Surf Cincinnati Waterpark
11460 Sebring Dr
513-742-0620
This water park includes Cincinnati's largest wave pool. This relaxed, family-oriented destination offers lots of excellent water activities: flumes, white-water rapids, lazy river rides and water slides.

The Dude Ranch
Waynesville Rd
Morrow, OH 45152
513-958-8099
The Dude Ranch is where regular folks without cowboy experience can saddle up and ride out their cowboy fantasies. The Ranch offers everything from gentle rides to actual cattle drives for the more experienced. Kids can take pony rides, hay rides, and enjoy looking at all of the beautiful horses and animals featured on the trail.

The Beach Waterpark
2590 Water Park Dr
513-398-7946
The Beach features more than 40 water slides including the first watercoaster in the Midwest. The 35-acre park also has a 100,000-gallon Pearl lagoon.