Celebrate Your Day at Great Parks
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Celebrate your momentous day with unparalleled service and amenities. Great Parks offers beautiful outdoor and indoor venues for your wedding or reception, each with its own distinct character. You can have a gorgeous, private ceremony right in the beauty of nature, a grand celebration at a banquet center, or an intimate affair at one of our lodges.
Our premier wedding venue is the historic Highwood Lodge at Withrow Nature Preserve, which offers a romantic outside ceremony space and a charming inside ceremony and reception space. Highwood Lodge is also available for corporate meetings and other special occasions.
To reserve an outdoor space, banquet center, or lodge for your special day, and for more information, contact the Great Parks guest relations office at 513-521-7275, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Upcoming Events
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Banquet Centers
Mill Race Banquet CenterWinton Woods
1515 West Sharon Road
Cincinnati, OH 45240Mill Race at Winton Woods accommodates wedding & reception groups of up to 128 people. This venue features a panoramic view of The Mill Course, our beautiful 18-hole golf course, from a wall of windows or a second floor balcony. It also features a large stone fireplace. This is Great Parks' premier banquet center, offering our in-house, full-service catering that includes linen table covers, china, and silver flatware service.
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Lodges
Fernbank LodgeFernbank Park
50 Thornton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45233Fernbank Lodge accommodates groups of up to 100 people. This venue features a beautiful terrace overlooking the Ohio River, an equipped kitchen, portable bar, exterior grills, and 12’ banquet tables and chairs. This facility is available to rent year-round. Monday-Thursday rentals are offered at a reduced rate, excluding holidays. Interested guests may view Fernbank Lodge the second Saturday of every month from 8-9:30 a.m.
Highwood Lodge
Withrow Nature Preserve
7075 Five Mile Road
Cincinnati, OH 45230Highwood Lodge at Withrow Nature Preserve features an outside wedding venue that accommodates 75 guests. It is surrounded by a landscaped garden against an old growth forest, cloth-covered benches, and a manicured lawn. For a more intimate ceremony there is a hillside gazebo. The historic Highwood Lodge includes climate-controlled changing rooms with private restrooms.
The Highwood Lodge is also available daily for small meetings and special events, such as bridal and baby showers, for up to 40 people. The lodge features two large open rooms, kitchen and attached patio.
Riverside LodgeLake Isabella
10174 Loveland-Madeira Road
Loveland, OH 45140Riverside Lodge at Lake Isabella accommodates groups of up to 80 people. This venue features a fireplace, kitchen, 8’ banquet tables with chairs and an attached picnic shelter with tables. This facility is available to rent from late February through December 31. Monday–Thursday rentals are offered at a reduced rate, excluding holidays. Interested guests may view Riverside Lodge on the second Saturday of every month from 8-9:30 a.m.