Eden Park is one of Cincinnati’s most well-known and attractive parks between the Mount Adams and Walnut Hills districts.
The park has many lakes, a stunning overlook with sweeping views of the Ohio River, several walking trails, a basketball court, a gazebo, a large pond with a fountain, theKrohn Conservatory, an outdoor pavilion, and lots of green areas for picnics, and it extends almost 190 acres.
One of the best things is that Eden Park is open all year and is offers free entry to the public.
We have put together a guide to Eden Area, complete with a brief history and a visual tour of the park.
Eden Park’s Brief History
The park’s current location was once held by Nicholas Longworth, a famous Cincinnati landowner who used the area as a vineyard and dubbed the estate “the Garden of Eden” in honor of the biblical Garden of Eden. In 1869, the city of Cincinnati purchased the land from Longworth and kept the name “Eden” for the park.
In the 1870s, the city built a 12-acre reservoir on the property. Water was pumped from the Ohio River into the dam and subsequently into the Eden Park Stand Pipe by Eden Park Station No. 7.
In the 1960s, the pond was discontinued, and the land was converted into the Mirror Lake reflecting pool, which can still be found in the park today. Eden Park Station No. 7 and the Eden Park Stand Pipe, and a portion of the original reservoir dam wall remain in the park today.
The last remaining piece of the lake wall is currently mostly utilized as a rock climbing wall for local recreational climbers, with a basketball court and a vast open field surrounding it.
Eden Park: A Visual Tour
The park’s layout is indicated on the map below:
The Mirror Lake reflecting pool, which has a large fountain in the center and a paved walking route around it that is popular with both walkers and runners, is perhaps the most identifiable site of Eden Park.
The lake looks out over an area that used to be the old reservoir and is now home to a green open field and a basketball court.
One of the ancient reservoir’s remaining granite walls, often used as a bouldering wall by recreational rock climbers, is close to the court.
Continue trekking until you reach Eden Park Station No. 7, which pumps water from the Ohio River into the reservoir.
Spencer Overlook, which offers magnificent views of the Ohio River and the hills of Northern Kentucky, may be found a bit further up the hill. This location, in our opinion, has some of Cincinnati’s most beautiful vistas.
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