These adjacent parks offer the best all-around recreation facilities of any city park. A superior playground that offers tennis and sand volleyball courts, in-line skating facilities, an ice rink, fishing piers and a rowing center, is also the home to free summer concerts. Hang out along the Serpentine Wall during the warm weather and do some riverwatching, reading or just relax. 22 acres of fun, all accessible on foot, just a short distance from The Weller Haus—and it’s the home of the infamous flying pig sculptures!

Eden Park—Picturesque ice skating in the wintertime on Mirror Lake

Though Eden Park is not loaded with recreational areas, this 186-acre Mount Adams parks is considered to be one of the most beautiful urban parks in the United States. Home to the Art Museum, Playhouse in the Park and Krohn Conservatory, as well as a great place for views of the Ohio River looking into Kentucky, Eden Park gets four stars as a place to take your sweetie for a picnic.

Big Bone Lick State Park—is your interest peaked?

We know you want to know how this park got its name, so here it is: archeologists found a bunch of big bones of prehistoric animals who were drawn to the salt lick located here. Today, Big Bone Lick State Park is the site of mock archaeological excavation sites that help recount the real archeological work that was completed on this site. Trails lead to dioramas of historic beasts and a view of the heard of bison on the park grounds. It’s worth the trip to see the baby bison born each year.