Celebrate our 90th birthday with us by clicking through this interactive timeline of Great Parks History!

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. It’s Great Parks’ 90th birthday! We can’t have a party with you in person, but don’t fret. Nature Interpreter Lisa is at Sharon Woods sharing some history from the past nine decades. Here’s her first historic fact: Sharon Woods was the first Great Park. Watch the video for more Great Parks history.

In honor of Great Parks’ 90th Birthday, former Naturalist Clerk Angie Brafford shares her story of growing up with Great Parks and how a love for nature is passed down from generation to generation.

Some years ago, Great Parks was fortunate to acquire four millstones that date back to the 1800s. One of these is from the old Mount Healthy Flour Mill. The flour mill and the stone live on at Great Parks in a way that’s different than you may think.

In honor of Great Parks’ 90th Birthday, retired Naturalist Coordinator Joyce Lovins Browning shares her story of growing up in Great Parks – literally. Joyce’s father built some favorite park spots. Even today, almost eight decades later, the ties that bind are still tight.

2020 marks Great Parks’ 90th birthday! With 21 parks and nature preserves, we look pretty good for 90. But we wouldn’t be here without the people who made the first Great Park, Sharon Woods, possible. Read on for a brief history of Sharon Woods.

Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve boasts the nickname “The Oasis.” This nickname dates back to 1972, when Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Werner donated the land to Great Parks of Hamilton County. The history of this small-yet-mighty park starts long before then. Before there was even the idea of county parks, the future home of Farbach-Werner Nature […]

2020 is a big year: It’s the start of a new decade, the Olympics are in Tokyo this summer and there is always something going on at a park. 2019 saw many ideas become reality at Great Parks. Our newest nature center located in Roselawn, Nature Center at The Summit, opened in the fall. We […]