181. Clermont YMCA
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 724-9622
Address: 2075 Frontwheel Drive
Description: Indoor and outdoor pools are available here, along with an outdoor playground, indoor track, full gymnasium, Universal and Nautilus equipment, free weights, nursery, and multipurpose room. It also has sports programs for adults and children.
182. Countryside YMCA
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 932-1424
Address: 1699 Deerfield Road
Description: This is by far the biggest and best-equipped Y in the region. The building, which of itself occupies five acres, sits on 126 acres of land. Outdoor amenities include two heated pools, tennis courts, a sand volleyball court, a 1.5-mile nature trail, baseball and soccer fields, a half-mile track, a picnic pavilion, three playgrounds, and garden plots available to members at no extra cost.Inside are Nautilus equipment, free weights in a light-weight room and a heavy-weight room (for serious grunting and groaning), a circuit training room, three pools, a track, racquetball courts, tennis courts, a game room with a pool table and table tennis, a regulation dance floor, three gymnasiums, and a snack bar.
183. Camp Ernst YMCA
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (859) 586-6181
Address: 7615 Camp Ernst Road, Burlington
Description: An operating western ranch, Camp Ernst has a well-regarded summer camp for boys and girls ages 9 through 16. Among the gigantic playthings are a harness Zip Line and a giant bouncing balloon on the lake.
184. Campbell County YMCA
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (859) 781-1814
Address: 1437 South Fort Thomas Avenue, Fort Thom
Description: This Y has an indoor and three outdoor pools, Nautilus equipment, free weights, and racquetball courts.
185. Kenton County YMCA
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (859) 356-3178
Address: 5262 Madison Pike, Independence
Description: An outdoor-only facility, the Kenton County Y has a pool and volleyball, tennis, and basketball courts.
186. R.C. Durr YMCA
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (859) 534-5200
Address: 5874 Veterans Way, Burlington
Description: This Boone County Y has indoor and outdoor pools, a gymnasium, a Nautilus and free-weight room, and a full set of cardiovascular fitness equipment.
187. Downtown Center YWCA
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 241-7090
Address: 898 Walnut Street
Description: The downtown YWCA offers a pool, health-club facilities, gym, sauna, and indoor walking track. The Fitness Center offers classes in health and wellness as well as self-defense. Classes include aerobics, water aerobics, cardio kick boxing, spinning, yoga, and warm water flexibility. It also has girls’ basketball and volleyball leagues.
188. Bally Total Fitness
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 922-1731
Address: 3694 Werk Road
Description: The Western Hills location has an indoor swimming pool and racquetball courts. Both have a track, weight-training equipment, and stair machines. Child care is available. You must have a Bally membership, but it can be to any club in the United States.
189. Cincinnati Sports Club
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 527-4000
Address: 3950 Red Bank Road
Description: The Cincinnati Sports Club is a full-feature health club: cardiovascular fitness center, Cybex machines and free weights, indoor and outdoor pools, one-fifth-mile indoor running track, and basketball, squash, racquetball, and tennis courts. The club is part of the Sports Mall, a multipurpose sports facility with two indoor soccer fields, five indoor batting cages, a snack bar, a rehabilitation/sports-medicine clinic, gymnastics training, and aerobics classes. It also has a “children-only” fitness center inside the building. All the equipment in the center is adjusted for children from kindergarten to eighth grade.Nonmembers must belong to the International Racquetball and Squash Association in order to use the facilities.
190. Drawbridge Hotel
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (859) 341-2800
Address: 2477 Royal Dr., Fort Mitchell
Description: Certainly the place for exercise buffs to stay if they want to be near the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. It offers no less than three swimming pools (one indoors), tennis courts, sand-lot volleyball, a fitness room, a whirlpool, a sauna, and more.
191. Embassy Suites Cincinnati at RiverCenter
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (859) 261-8400
Address: 10 East RiverCenter Boulevard Covington
Description: This facility provides an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fully outfitted fitness center. Even better, for joggers, it’s next to the riverfront and beautiful Riverside Drive.
192. The Gym at Carew Tower
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 651-1442
Address: 441 Vine Street
Description: This is certainly the most conveniently located health club to major downtown hotels such as the Westin, Hilton Netherland Plaza, and Hyatt. The club offers a 40-foot lap pool, Cybex machines, free weights, an aerobics room, and a full set of cardiovascular workout equipment such as stationary bikes, stair machines, NordicTrack, and rowing machines. There’s also a steam room, whirlpool, and sauna. Nonmembers can spend the day for $10.
193. Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 421-9100
Address: 35 West Fifth Street
Description: You’ll find an indoor pool and a health club offering free weights, an aerobics room, and a full set of cardiovascular workout equipment, including stationary bikes, stair machines, and rowing machines.
194. Hyatt Regency Cincinnati
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 579-1234
Address: 151 West Fifth Street
Description: Use the indoor pool and in-house health club at the Hyatt or take a quick stroll to any number of downtown health clubs, such as the Gym at Carew Tower (listed above).
195. Living Longer Performance Center
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 351-3000
Address: 5400 Kennedy Avenue
Description: A bargain $8 per day allows nonmembers the full use of these facilities, which include a wide range of virtual-reality bikes, cardiovascular workout equipment, Nautilus equipment, free weights, and tanning beds. It is a quick 10-minute drive from downtown, right up Interstate 71.