CORA Blog – Trails

Clear Creek Bike Park 

Hamilton County, OH

The Clear Creek Bike Park is set to be the centerpiece of the Little Miami River Valley Outdoor Recreation Corridor, connecting an extensive network of bike trails across southwestern Ohio. This ambitious project will integrate trails from Great Parks of Hamilton County, Cincinnati Parks, and several other local entities, creating an unparalleled 800-acre recreational resource. The bike park will feature approximately 9.5 miles of natural trails and a dedicated skills development area, offering an exciting and safe environment for riders of all ages a...

CORA along with project partners Great Parks, Cincinnati Parks, Anderson Township and Anderson Park District worked with Applied Trails Research to plan what is the first large scale multiple ownership natural surface multi-use trail in the region.

There’s nothing like a sunny, fair weather day to beckon us outside and into nature. Mother Nature’s call inevitably leads us adventure seekers to the trails we know and love over and over again. And like any enduring, symbiotic relationship, we need to tend to our trail usage in much the same way Mr. Miyagi taught us to wax a car: with thoughtful intention.

CORA is thrilled to collaborate with the City of Dayton, KY, and Groundwork Ohio River Valley to bring this urban trail to life.

Troy Warnken, Head Trail Steward

Springtime in Greater Cincinnati is a beautiful time. The flowers are blooming, trees are coming back to life, and the grass shines a verdant green deep into the evenings. These things urge us to be outdoors more, and we all head to the trails to shake out the cobwebs of winter.

But spring in the region also brings us lots of rain. And that means our trail stewards work overtime thinking about trail management and well, just managing the water!

As I have said many times before, managing water and the way it flows over, on, and around the trail tread is the larg...