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Shawnee Lookout Park

2008 Lawrenceburg Road
513-941-0120

Cincinnati Gas & Electric and the Cincinnati Park Board made large donations for this park in 1967. Today, the park covers 1,421 acres.

Features:
 - 18-hole golf course.
   - Shawnee Centre, which serves as a clubhouse, pro shop, snack bar and visitor center with archeological exhibits and restrooms.
   - Springhouse School and Log Cabin which illustrate how early pioneer settlers lived (open holidays and Sundays, May through September).
   - Playgrounds, a play field, picnic areas, a reservable shelter avisitors talking with pioneersnd three nature trails.
   - Boat launching ramp with access to the Great Miami and Ohio Rivers. Bank fishing is permitted at this site; however, anglers and boaters should use caution due to shallow waters.
   - 900 additional acres of wetlands adjacent to the park along with 300 acres of Oxbow Wetlands owned by the Park District. Combined, these wetlands provide valuable habitat for many birds, fish, mammals, amphibians and reptiles, as well as plants and insects.