Burnet Woods

Went on a small daytime hike to take some pictures with a photography group. Close walk to the university of Cincinnati, and places to eat as well. Not sure if I would walk alone in the area, seemed very dark and not too many lights around.

Great place to take a walk and hang out with friends! Love going sledding there when it’s snowy out. Glad it’s a part of UC’s campus!

This is a good daytime park– but not on the trails if you are solo.
This is a very pretty park, but it is also very urban– so if you visit it do so with a group of friends. The main road and outside are ok but I would not walk the paths alone due activities which could be ongoing.
Still, it’s nice from the outside and perhaps a sanctuary for wildlife.

Located a short walk from the University of Cincinnati. Burnet Woods is a nice escape. While on the smaller side, my family and I enjoyed this park. It was created in 1940 by the WPA. One of the areas leading down to picnic area gives patrons the option to take the stairs or the slide. I was surprised how many adults chose the slide. At that point there is also a marker «WPA 1940.» There are a couple of hiking trails, that would be easily overlooked if one doesn’t venture far enough to the left or right from the picnic area. Just like the park itself, these are fairly short trails. Most of the people at the park looked to be college students. As we were about to leave a few more people with younger children started to arrive. We saw one man fishing.
One down side is that we had to drive around to find parking. The sides by the campus are by permit only. After driving around we found the street that went into the middle of the park. No permit required, though it does say «2 hr. parking.»

This park is quite an asset to Clifton. My boyfriend always warns me against Burnett Woods because of a certain unsavory element that appears at night. But during the day this park has a little bit of everything. A few playgrounds, grills, trails, and a lake. This park also has enough hills to really get your heart pumping as you walk or run through.
This park is quite large for a city green space and I see something new every time I go. I really enjoy the flowers and trees as they come alive in the Spring.
Plus this park has tons of wild chives, Urban Foragers.

I haven’t fully explored this urban jungle in its entirety, but from what I’ve seen, I really like it. Granted, you may have heard some of the nasty rumors (some sadly true) about this place, but overall, this is a great park to have in the city (at least during the day). I have jogged through here and find the rolling hills challenging and nature setting very calming. I have also photographed a wedding at the gazebo area and really liked the setup and long pathway that leads to it. The only tips I can recommend are that you park your car in an actual legal spot (some places are for permit holders only) and that you have NOTHING in your car in view. Be safe, smart, and go with a few friends and enjoy this place!

I love this park! I had never been before and one day I was trying to think of someone where to go running and I pulled into the park. I noticed as I was driving that all the spaces along the side read ‘permit only’. So, I called the number and the nice woman explained that there was parking by the gazebo.
I parked and ran a couple miles up and down the hills of the drives throughout the park. The scenery was great! I will continue to go back again and again for a nice run.

Located next to the University of Cincinnati campus, Burnet Woods serves as large green space for the people of Clifton to enjoy and use to escape from urban life. Although the park is not super large, there is a lake, playground, picnic area, and areas for bikers and runners to take advantage of. However, it does remain a lot to be desired.
Being in the area it is in, I just feel that Burnet Woods could offer a lot more than what it does. Whether it be, more/​updated features, or more trails, I am not really sure honestly. It just seems like something is missing to me. In addition, Burnet Woods can be a little sketchy during the wee hours of the night, but hey, so can most parks located in urban environments.
Bottom line: If you are in or live in Clifton, Burnet Woods is a decent play to enjoy a little greenery, However, if you are thinking about making a trip just to see this park, I would probably think again and visit one of our city’s other wonderful green areas.

Nestled in the heart of Clifton, Burnet Woods features a lake on one end of the park, a playground on the other, and a bandstand in the middle. There are plenty of walking trails, both paved and dirt. I like how the playground sits in a giant pit below street level. The concrete slide that lines the stairwell is a creative touch and looks like it would be a ton of fun in the winter. Having a greenspace in this dense urban area is wonderful, especially for all the UC students.
I do agree with Jessica K., that this park is best visited in pairs. I’ve seen belongings of homeless folks in the wooded areas, so it’s best to remain vigilant. Definitely avoid Burnet Woods at night.
The bandstand is often used for weddings, however I would advise against it. I recently attended a ceremony here. The path to the bandstand is extremely long, which makes it awkward for the bride’s entrance. Also, the surrounding trees were dropping acorns during the procession. There wasn’t a good view of the ceremony unless you sat directly on the aisle. Even then, with the bridal party lined along the stairs, it was hard to watch what was going on. Lastly, there were several piles of wildlife feces around the bandstand. The park is not groomed for wedding ceremonies; it just comes as nature delivers.
If you’re a Clifton resident in search of some greenery, go here. However, I wouldn’t go out of my way to stroll through Burnet Woods.
Viewing Time: 90 minutes

Friends of ours got married over the weekend in the Bandstand, and it was fantastic! The elevated structure made it easy for all of the guests to watch the ceremony, and it was easy to find.
That being said, it’s definitely not one of the prettiest parks in Cincinnati, and would benefit from some flowers. Any flowers.

I’ve lived walking distance from Burnet Woods for the past year. I’ve walked through it a few times alone (not recommended…) and with my boyfriend, I’ve run through it many times during nice weather, and I’ve been to a yoga event there once. But, I did these things because of proximity and lack of other options, not because this is an amazing park… because it’s not.
My favorite urban parks in the US exist in Boston, where I lived and enjoyed reading, knitting, listening to music, etc. in Boston Common and the Public Garden. I also love Bryant Park and Washington Square Park in New York City. These parks are much cleaner with a more welcoming demographic of regulars.
All of the parks in Clifton, Corryville, and many neighborhoods in northern Cincinnati are similar in their sketchiness. Although, as previously mentioned, I’ve been in Burnet Woods alone a few times, I highly recommend walking in pairs or a small group (yes, even during the day). I’ve witnessed drug deals, fights, cosplay (well at least THAT was hilarious)… even an episode of Police Women of Cincinnati took place in Burnet Woods (where a hooker brought an undercover cop).
Being far away from the nicer Cincinnati parks (Sawyer Point, Friendship, etc.) Burnet is… an option. Either bike, drive, or hop on a bus to some parks that have great views, open areas, and a more welcoming crowd, or walk down the street to Burnet and experience the opposite.

This is a nice place to walk through if your a UC student looking to quickly get out of the hustle and bustle of Clifton. And it’s much nicer to walk through the park to get to Ludlow Avenue than walk along busy Clifton Avenue. In college I routed many of my jogs through Burnet Woods just to get away from the traffic. There are also some decent picnic areas.
However, this is not one of Cincinnati’s nicer parks. There are a lot of roads running through the eastern portion and drivers tend to go way too fast. The pond is a little scummy. The hiking trails are not very pretty. And, I would never walk through here after dark.
It was nice to have some quiet green space as a college student, but this isn’t a place I would make a special trip to now that I’ve graduated.

Seriously? I can’t believe this actually has any reviews over three stars. I lived adjacent to this park for six months and was still terrified to walk past it after sunset coming home from class the last day of my lease. Being a girl walking alone at night, I would actually run past it until I got to my apartment.
Overall the park could probably be nice and pretty… somewhere else. Sitting in the middle of Clifton and all of its crimes isn’t doing it any help. It has street parking though it requires a permit, a pond that smells horrible, and abandoned parking lots and a gazebo that are so quiet you feel like you’re in a horror movie.

Burnet woods is a nice park stuck in the middle of the sprawling urban setting of Clifton. It’s a really gorgeous park that doesn’t seem to be frequented as much as it should.
There is a beautiful Gazebo on the southern side of the park by Ludlow and Clifton that is often used for different sorts of meetings and events. The pond in the middle is a great place to relax and there are often people walking along it.
You can also find a Frisbee golf course inside the park that is great. My one piece of advice is to be careful when walking through it because some cars come racing through it and use it as a shortcut.

Located between Ludlow Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and Clifton Avenue, this park is a central location in the neighborhood of Clifton. This park offers several fun activities and is a decent size compared to some of Cincinnati’s other parks.
The wooded areas of the park have trails that lead around through them and back. There is a small pond in the center with a walkway only around half of the length. Next to the pond are swings and a play set. I think there is also some sort of Nature Center by the pond.
Near the corner of Clifton and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is a sculpture structure that features a series of blocks of different heights that is really fun to climb all over. The frisbee golf course may be one of the most popular activities in the park. It’s not a very large course, but offers some variances in difficulty. My favorite trail is the one that leads from the corner of Clifton and Ludlow Avenue and follows along a creek parallel with Ludlow.
It is a beautiful park that is not to be missed. It’s always been a great place to hang out for people who live in the city. Growing up I could be found in this park often after school. With it’s location next to the Ludlow Gaslight district there is a good chance of seediness to be found. I would recommend going when there is plenty of sunlight!