Another interesting and unique place we have in Cincinnati that many don't know much about is the…read moreCincinnati Tennis Club. It has a great history and tradition, dating all the way back to 1880 (1899 at present location), and it was even added to the National Register of Historic Places a quarter century ago. While it has been years since President William Howard Taft played at the Cincinnati Tennis Club (I bet he didn't chase down too many shots), the club is still a high-end and prestigious club. The CTC has 10 outdoor clay courts and is open April through October. The club offers lessons, leagues, a tune-up tournament for the Cincinnati Met, and other tennis activities (and a pro shop) for all ages, and it once hosted the pro tournament now known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, but the Cincinnati Tennis Club is mostly associated these days with hosting the USTA National Father-Son Clay Court Championships. It's a really big event that takes place each year, bringing some of the best father and son talent from around the country all the way to Cincinnati since 1974. While the CTC has a nice reputation in town, it seems that being a member at the club is a status symbol more than anything else. The membership dues aren't cheap, and if you really want to work on your tennis game and get to play year-round, while also having access to things like a fitness center, swimming pool, and more, you would be better off at a place like Harper's Point, Queen City, or Five Seasons. Sure, the club is really nice and boasts a great history, but it's more for the country club crowd than it is for families and the everyday competitive and recreational players.

One of my favorite places on the planet! I can spend days…read morethere and never get bored. Beautiful club, amazing courts, a lot of history there.

This was my first visit to the club. My friend and I took a pickle ball lesson and the instructors…read moreKirsten and Amy were so delightful and very knowledgeable and friendly. It was a great workout and so much fun. The club itself is a little outdated bathrooms no hand towels but overall a great experience

Such a welcoming environment for all! They have fitness, tennis, pickleball and so much more. My…read morefamily feels like Western is our home away from home.

This park is a nice one. It's a pretty long stretch of road off of 3L highway. There is one way…read moretraffic in and out. When I'm into Pokemon go, I drive around in circles spinning poke-stops and doing gym battles. That is when I would go most often. There are nice trails to walk. For the kiddos, there are multiple playgrounds, a basketball card, baseball fields, and shelters you can rent for parties. The best part of this park though is the creek. We have fun in the creek when it's warm. My kids love catching crawdads when it's warm out. I loved it as a kid too. I still have fun, especially watching them and how happy they are. Pictures will always be great memories. The only bad thing about this park, is that they took out the dog park! The dog park was so nice. There was a section for small dogs, and a section for large dogs. My dog had fun and so did I. I loved getting to play with everyone else's dogs. It was also great that it was so close to the Kenton county animal shelter. I hope they bring it back someday.

Nice park off of Madison Pike. The river along the trail is the big draw. There are a few areas…read morethat visitors may go down by the water. We saw a family playing in the water. I photographer was also crouched down in the water. He taking pictures of the geese with their goslings. There were quite a few birds at this park. We also saw finches, and black birds with bright orange wings. The trails are paved. There is a layer of fine sand that covers much of the trail on the side across from parking. The trail is pretty level on the parking side. There is a playground, but we did not venture over to it. There once was a dog park here. A sign indicates that the park was closed "due to reoccuring damage." The sign also states that they are looking for an alternate location for the Paw Park. Rigt now thw area is a giant field. Dogs must be on a leash at this park. Many people were there with their dogs, including us. When passing eachother, people were using good doggie etiquette. People were picking up after their dogs as well. I took away a star due to the amount of trash. There were a couple of used diapers, cups, many cigarette butts and feminine hygiene products. These were more on the parking side, and many were near the water. Across the river was much cleaner.

Beautiful city view! You can see so much from right here. Absolutely gorgeous day. They are…read moremaking some up grades that is going to make this even more of a great spot!!

There is a welcome center inside the Devour Park Golf & Event Center. There is a bycicle rental…read moreprogram , and bar & grill . Its just a beautiful park to walk around and enjoy the views and explore and take beautiful pictures Check out the Memorial overlook, Devou Park Golf Course, Behringer Crawford Museum,paved trails, Prisoners Lake, Band Shell, Battey Bates, Rotary Grove Memorial, NaturePlay @BCM, and Backcountry Trails.

Friendly staff and excellent court conditions. Locker rooms could use an update.read more

The courts are in incredible shape and the staff is amazing. Yes, the locker rooms are nothing to…read morewrite home about but if you need tennis lessons this is definitely the place to be. My instructors are Jason and John who are incredible. They will do everything they can to help you play well. I have been extremely happy with my experience at Eastern Hills and highly recommend it to you tennis players/tennis players to be. :)

What a lovely little paved path just off the main road in the Union-Florence area! Don't let the…read morebaseball fields fool you - just follow the trail in to experience a wonderful little oasis of nature. There's plenty of parking - regardless if you're there for a baseball game or for a nice walk. We brought our dog with us, and ended up doing the entire loop in just under an hour. We'd initially pulled up this trail in the AllTrails app, and it told us this was 1.1 miles ... we're not so sure that's accurate, since it felt like we were walking for much longer than that. Next time, we'll make sure to measure how far we've gone. Either way - what a gorgeous way to start your day! The plants and trees are all labeled, and sorted into various collections. The Magnolia Collection was by far our favorite, although that's about as far back into the loop as you can get. The trail itself is well-maintained, and wasn't too busy at all on a Saturday morning around 9 a.m. There was a good age range among the folks walking ... it was nice to everyone from families to elderly couples out for a morning stroll. We'll definitely return to this paved trail - it's especially convenient after a big rain, when you don't want to hike through the mud!

We took a "field trip" here while learning about trees in our homeschool unit and we really…read moreappreciated three things: the walking trails are very nicely maintained and paved well, all of the natural shade with benches to rest, and all of the labels & information panels on the various types of trees! The area is beautiful and a great place for a walk. My 4 star rating is coming from a desire for a better map, the ones they have are ok but I had a little bit of trouble at times, and then for being let down on 2 things I promised my kids. The "children's garden" has definitely seen better days and is very lackluster in general. There's nothing to do inside of it and we were honestly just confused. The other thing was the butterfly garden, all of the bushes were gone on our visit. In general, these things aren't a big deal but considering I had 4 small kids with me, these were 2 things advertised that we were looking forward to.

This is a nice, quiet and clean gym. My sons both love it and I feel great after my workouts.read more

I love this place. I can see it becoming my fitness 'home' for years to come…read more I've been a member of countless gyms, attended countless classes, tried different running apps on my phone, etc. etc. and yet, through all of that, I couldn't discipline myself to stick to a steady routine. Sure, I'd go to the gym for a few months, but then life got in the way and I'd cancel my membership, only to go join another gym several months later and do it all over again. I haven't been a member of any gym since I moved to Kentucky because there aren't too many options close by. Then back in January of this year, my husband and I found out how to become members of this fitness center and took the steps necessary to do so. If you are a Toyota employee, you can join this gym. If you are a spouse of an employee, you can join the gym. If you are a contractor or just a random person who wants to join the gym, you need to find someone that is currently a Toyota employee who is willing to 'sponsor' (vouch for you) your membership. I believe an employee can only sponsor one person. This is the route we had to take. When you sign up, you get five free training sessions -- which is AWESOME. I had Sara as a trainer -- who really listened to me and helped me come up with a plan to get my butt into shape. Merely two weeks into our training, I was already noticing a huge difference in myself -- how awesome is that? That just pumped me up even more. My husband's trainer (Wade) kicked his butt too, in a good way. We both loved the trainers we had. Let me tell you -- if you are not good at motivating yourself, getting a trainer is a fantastic way to push yourself to see results. This is what I had been lacking all those times I joined other gyms. We even signed up for a few paid training sessions after our free ones were used up. During the year, there are different sports leagues you can join. The center also has outdoor tennis courts, sand volleyball, baseball fields, and a nature walking trail. Oh -- and the best part? Lots of classes!! Yoga, weights, cardio, etc. The gym is pretty much open 24 hours except for Sundays and with special hours during holidays and Toyota shutdown weeks. It kind of became my second home.... I grew to see the same faces each time I worked out and looked forward to a session of strength-training. I got stronger, yo! Unfortunately, I canceled my membership a few days ago due to unplanned life events and tight finances. The $20/month membership fee is not expensive at all (in fact, it's kind of amazing considering that it covers the 24-hour gym, childcare, and all classes), but I'm at a point where I need that.... so once I get back on my feet, I'll rejoin this fantastic gym!

This really is a neat place. I came on the first Fri/Sat of the Cinci tennis tournament. It was…read moremy first time here. I had tix for Grandstand one day and the other stadium the other. Parking was free but far away. Fortunately, I am quite mobile and able to walk the distance quickly. I also made note of where I was parked and didn't have trouble finding my car later. The entry process was quick - even Saturday when the gates were busy. Within 15 minutes of entering, I cut my hand badly trying to fill my water bottle at the water fountain. Not sure how it happened, but it did. The first aid people were so kind. I get sick at the sight of blood and am sure I overreacted. They stopped the bleeding and bandaged me so I didn't have to leave to get stitches - although I really should have then or later but never did. It still is not healed. Anyways, as soon as I was bandaged up, I went to find the arena I had tix to. The 2 large stadiums are easy to find and they are actually much smaller than I had expected! I had front row seats the first night and it was really cool. Going to the evening time slot got me 2 matches. I didn't stay for the whole second match as I got nervous finding my car in the dark - so I left when the sun really started to go down. I had back row seats on Saturday - still a really good view. And I was in the shade which helped given the 90 weather. Again, finding my way to my seat was super easy. There were plenty of restrooms and water fountains. I didn't spend a dime while I was there although there were plenty of ways to do so. There were lots of food stands to eat at - and drink station serving both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. I got 3 matches on Saturday - all big name players. It was a great experience and am so glad I went. I won't go again as I much prefer watching tennis on TV but I have a new appreciation of what goes on at tennis tournaments now.

It was our first time at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament, and we were there for opening…read moreweekend. We arrived about an hour before the gates opened, and we were parked close to the front my row. It still took us a good 10 or 15 minutes to walk to the gates, at the time we didn't know about the shuttles, and or they hadn't started running. Know before you go that overall there is very little shade anywhere. Even waiting in line to get in you're standing in the straight sun. Once inside, they had a few pavilion areas with booths that had vendors that had a few freebies, like handheld fans, sample bottles of sunscreen, that sort of thing. All the way at the rear of the complex is an immense pro shop, where you can buy virtually every type of clothing, article, hat, sunglasses, and all other types of accessories at much higher than normal prices (although most do sport the Open logo on them.) There is a large open grassy area with dozens of umbrella tables, as well as a selection of tables that do not have any shade. There is a long line of restaurant storefronts that gives you a wide variety of foods to try, such as pizza, gyros, burgers, salads, coffee, etc. Also, tucked along the edges of the various stadiums are small Kroger storefronts where you can buy bottled drinks and snacks, as well as some bars serving alcohol. They even have booths that sell cups of ice - with so many people, no matter how quickly they restock the refrigerated cases, nothing gets a chance to cool down so getting ice is imperative. They have a deal that you pay once and you get free ice refills all day, which is worth it when the temps are in the 90s. There are many available drinking fountains that are also equipped to refill water bottles. You will also see a lot of what appears to be hand sanitizer stands that actually dispense suntan lotion to help prevent sunburn. The stadiums are set up for prime viewing. There really isn't a bad seat in the house. The biggest consideration is how much sun you are willing to handle. There are sections that have permanent shade but you definitely pay more for those seats. Those also come with a more cushioned seat bottom, and little tables in front to hold your drinks, which is a big plus. The stadiums are completely open seating for practice matches, so we enjoyed watching Coco Gauff practice while sitting in the posh seats. Everyone was super friendly and helpful and the landscaping was beautiful. The bathrooms were plentiful and kept very clean. Despite the intense heat, we had a great time and would love to come back. This complex is in a great community, with lots to do within a very short drive. I would highly recommend!

From basketball courts, to baseball fields, open bathrooms and a cute park for the kids. Nice free…read morestop for a picnic lunch with the family. Handicap friendly.

I'm looking for a short run, this place offers a short trail, and it looks like the park is making…read moremore. There's plenty of things to do in this park, during my short run I saw 2 children's play area, tennis court, covered shelters and plenty of benches. It looks a little unkept maybe due to winter, but I will definitely come back and check the park again by spring or summer.

Like I said in previous reviews one of our favorite things to do is go to different parks…read moreplaygrounds hiking trails and all that when we were visiting different cities. So we went to Florence we visited about five different parks that day and this one was excellent it was right up there with more of the better ones that we went to. It's often a neighborhood so it's very quiet and easily locate it. It has a nice big playground it has a walking trail it's got baseball fields basketball courts it is neat and clean so you can't do much better than that great park

Pretty park! Fun for the kids and safe. I grew up as a little boy here 25 years ago. And now I get…read moreto come here with my boys and play. Good times. There's a lot of diverse bright and fun playground equipment for the boys. And the facilities are nice for the adults. Lots of old people playing on the fields basketball courts and tennis courts. The shelter is being used for birthday party as well, so you know this is a good place to bring a family or a group.