Alerts and Closures

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Current park alerts and closures


Before you head out into the parks, check here for the most up-to-date information on winter sport availability, road closures, construction projects and more.

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Parking Lot and River Access Closed

  • start Start: November 17, 2024
  • warning icon Construction
  • location icon Little Miami Scenic Corridor

Little Miami River Access Improvements at Bass Island will continue through summer of 2026. The Bass Island parking lot and river access will be closed during this time. Please refer to the project page for more information and check the website for updates on alerts and closures.

Golf Cart Paths Closed

  • start Start: March 24, 2025
  • warning icon Construction
  • location icon Shawnee Lookout

Due to work for the Shawnee Lookout Stream Restoration project, the former golf cart paths will be closed beginning March 25th. Eagle’s Landing parking lot will remain open. Park roads and other trails will not be affected.

'A' Loop MTB Trail Entrance Change

  • start Start: May 31, 2025
  • warning icon Construction
  • location icon Mitchell Memorial Forest

During construction of the skills loop, the entrance to the 'A' loop of the Mitchell Memorial Forest mountain bike trails has been moved to the southwest corner of the parking lot. 

Gatehouse Entrance Closed

  • start Start: July 13, 2025
  • end End: September 14, 2025
  • warning icon Construction
  • location icon Cotswold Visitor Center

July 14 - Sept. 15: The gatehouse entrance to Glenwood Gardens will be closed for renovation from July 14, 2025 to September 15, 2025, weather permitting. Access to Cotswold Visitor Center and the trail will be maintained.

Winton Lake Public Access

  • start Start: July 27, 2025
  • end End: November 1, 2026
  • warning icon Construction
  • location icon Winton Woods

Public access to Winton Lake is prohibited while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) lowers the water level for essential dam maintenance from August to November 2025. Boathouse operations, rentals, paddling access, fishing and all other lake-based recreational activities will resume in spring 2026.

Miami Whitewater Forest Disc Golf Course Closed

  • start Start: July 30, 2025
  • warning icon Construction
  • location icon Miami Whitewater Forest

The Miami Whitewater Forest Disc Golf Course will be temporarily closed due to construction of the newly designed 18-hole Disc Golf Course. The course will re-open in the early Fall of 2025.

Sharon Woods Closures

  • start Start: July 30, 2025
  • warning icon Project Related
  • location icon Sharon Woods

Ongoing: Due to construction of the Sharon Lake draining and dredging project, park facilities will close beginning April 1, 2024: Sharon Lake, including the fishing dock and canoe/kayak launch, Boathouse, Shared-Use Trail around the lake, Lakeside Lodge reservable shelter & adjacent parking lot on Kemper Road and the Upper Gorge parking lot near Kreis Dam. 

Closure of Buckeye Falls Drive

  • start Start: August 20, 2025
  • warning icon Project Related
  • location icon Sharon Woods Harbor

Buckeye Falls Drive/Kreis Dam will be closed from Highbanks Drive to the Sharon Woods Golf Course Parking Lot, and will be closed to pedestrian and vehicular access due to construction activities on weekdays from Sept. 2 - 30, 2025.

Pavillion Restrooms Closed

  • start Start: September 21, 2025
  • warning icon Other
  • location icon Embshoff Woods Nature Preserve

All of Embshoff Woods Nature Preserve is currently without power so the restroom building at the pavilion is temporarily closed. 

Mitchell Mountain Bike Trail Closed

  • start Start: September 21, 2025
  • warning icon Weather
  • location icon Mitchell Memorial Forest

The mountain bike trail at Mitchell Memorial Forest remains closed due to wet conditions. Please do not ride.

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