100% recommend this park. I live in Loveland, so it definitely is a little bit of a drive, but it is hands-down worth it. this is a MetroPark right outside of Dayton. They have tons of options for trails for all levels.
If you drive past the entrance to the park, where the park is on your right, you will reach a section of the park on the left about a half mile down. There is a small lot there that leads you through some Prairie trails. The orange trail is actually the perimeter trail, and you can catch it here in the prairie. If you were to actually follow the entire orange trail, you are looking at at least about 15 miles of hiking (so be prepared)... But you can pick up pieces of it, and this prairie section is a great place to explore and try part of the orange trail.
There is a small parking lot with no bathrooms at the Prairie section of this park. You can easily take the brown trail to the purple trail, and it does a loop back to the parking lot. If you want to add on mileage, you can take the purple trail to the orange trail and make it an out and back opportunity.
If you go back to the main entrance of the park. There are several trail options that lead from the welcome center. There are bathrooms and water refill stations at the welcome center. The yellow trail is a great trail to explore, and it is one of the longer ones that leaves from the welcome center. It does a loop, so you can go right or left at the entrance of the trail. I took the left and went clockwise. It definitely had more downhill than if I went to the right. Either way is a great hike!
Awesome park! Seriously, the Dayton Metro parks have it going on. If you're looking for a nice drive with country roads and a chance to get outside and explore outside of Cincinnati, you should definitely check out Germantown Metropark. read more