Field Notes Ohio

Ohio's parks, forests and wildlife areas with camping, the ancient mounds beside them, and the Buckeye Trail that links them. Stories, trails, wildlife, and where to eat and fuel up nearby. Book campsites on ReserveOhio.

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117 parks in 7 regions

Loveland Section

Hamilton, Clermont, Warren · Southwest Ohio

Buckeye Trail Association

47miles

16 of 26clockwise

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47 miles of paved and wooded trail along the Little Miami River through Cincinnati and Loveland. The southern terminus is at Eden Park.

From the vista over the Ohio River at Eden Park in Cincinnati, follows the Little Miami Scenic Trail north through Milford and Loveland, heading toward Fort Ancient.

Highlights

Eden Park, the southern terminus
Little Miami Scenic Trail
Fort Ancient, listed on the ODNR route map

Parks on this section

Eden Park

The southern terminus, above the Ohio River

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Little Miami State Park

A 50-mile paved rail-trail the Buckeye Trail shares

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Mounds and earthworks

Fort Ancient

North America's largest hilltop enclosure

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Historic sites near this section

Loveland Castle (Château Laroche)

A medieval-style castle one man built by hand over fifty years

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Section map and alerts

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The Buckeye Trail Association sells a detailed map for this section and posts current trail alerts.

Official Loveland Section page →This section on AllTrails →

Camping

Limited along the route; see the BTA section map for campsites and lodging in the river towns

Campsites are run by different agencies and owners, and the rules and fees change, so confirm before you go.

Water

Water at trailside parks and in towns.

Take the stops with you

Save the camps, resupply, lodging, trail towns and parks for this section as waypoints.

Google Maps: stops 1 to 9

The file holds 9 waypoints and a stop-by-stop route line. Locations are approximate, often a town center, so use the stop notes to find the exact spot. Your maps app chooses the roads between stops, usually the fastest, so follow the byway signs where they differ. The GPX arrives in a zip file; unzip it and open the .gpx in a GPS or hiking app. The CSV imports into Google My Maps.