61. Strictly Sail Inc.
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 984-1907
Address: 10766 Kenwood Road
Description: Besides selling boats, Strictly Sail offers sailing lessons. Call for more information and rates.
62. Winton Woods Lake
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 521-7275
Description: This 188-acre lake underwent an extensive restoration project in the last few years, restoring 37 more acres of lake surface area. The boathouse rents rowboats, canoes, pedal boats, and hydrobikes for recreational activities. The cost is $8.45 an hour.
63. AMF King Pin Lanes
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 231-8010
Address: 7735 Beechmont Avenue
Description: Little kids and their parents flock to King Pin, with its terrific “Bumper Ball” leagues on 48 lanes. Your three-year-old (and his/her older siblings) can join the junior league. And yes, it also has adult leagues and a lounge too.
64. Brentwood Bowl
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 522-2320
Address: 9176 Winton Road
Description: Around since the ’60s, Brentwood Bowl offers 48 lanes as well as multiple leagues for men, women, seniors, and children. Some 200 kids, ages three to seven, bowl every Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoons the Bowl hosts what may be the area’s largest league for the mentally and physically disabled. Billiards, video games, and a restaurant round out the experience. There’s a nursery for any toddlers too young to pick up a ball.
65. Cherry Grove Lanes
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 528-7888
Address: 4005 Hopper Hill Road
Description: What doesn’t Cherry Grove have? There’s a pro shop, sand-lot volleyball, billiards, arcade, darts, a sports bar, and an outdoor bar and grill. And, oh yes, 34 lanes with automatic scoring.
66. Colerain Bowl
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 385-8500
Address: 9189 Colerain Avenue
Description: Colerain Bowl, on the busy Colerain Avenue shopping strip, has 36 lanes. It offers Thunder Alley glow bowling and karaoke on the weekends.
67. Glenmore Bowl
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 661-5394
Address: 3716 Glenmore Avenue
Description: One of the area’s oldest lanes, Glenmore opened its doors in 1927. A sense of history, yes, but the Bowl’s 10 lanes are state-of-the-art, refitted synthetic lanes. A neat bar too.
68. Madison Bowl
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 271-2700
Address: 4761 Madison Road
Description: All 32 lanes at Madison are open 24 hours a day. A lounge, snack bar, and restaurant means you never have to leave.
69. Strikes & Spares
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 891-9355
Address: 8032 Blue Ash Road
Description: This center offers 12 lanes, with leagues playing every night. There’s a restaurant, bar, and video games.
70. Super Bowl
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (859) 727-2000
Address: 510 Commonwealth Avenue, Erlanger
Description: Super Bowls also owns a bowling alley in Newport. But at its main location, there are billiards, games, and a pro shop in addition to 64 lanes. This is where Kentuckians go to bowl.
71. Western Bowl
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (523) 574-2222
Address: 6383 Glenway Avenue
Description: The promised land. Or rather, promised lane. The Western Bowl, with 68 lanes, stands above all the rest. It bills itself as Cincinnati’s largest bowling center and is host to the Hoinke Classic, a nationally known tournament that lasts 10 months a year, attracts 50,000 entrants, and gives away $2 million in prize money. It’s open 24 hours a day, with free nursery care. Western Bowl also has a restaurant, four bars, and a game emporium. Next door there is a miniature golf course with an ice-cream parlor that is open from April through October.
72. Caesar Creek State Park
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 897-3055
Address: 4020 North Clarksville Road
Description: Caesar Creek’s sizable 2,800-acre lake features lots of coves, inlets, and bays that promote bountiful bass fishing. Saugeye and walleye are also stocked annually. Caesar Creek is open 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. year-round, but the lake is open 24 hours a day for those who like to get in the boat well before dawn. On a state park lake, no fishing license is required for anglers age 16 and younger. Adults can obtain a fishing license at Walmart, Kmart, or a local fish-and-tackle store. There is no fee for fishing at the lake. Parking is free.
73. East Fork State Park
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 734-4323
Description: East Fork’s 2,100-acre reservoir is a favorite of local bass anglers, especially from shore in the spring. East Fork is open 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. year-round. No fishing license is required for anglers age 16 and younger. Fishing licenses can be obtained at Walmart, Kmart, or a local fish-and-tackle store. There is no fee for fishing at the lake, and parking is free.
74. Kincaid Lake
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (859) 654-3531
Description: Kincaid Lake covers 183 acres and is stocked with crappie, bluegill, and more.
75. Lake Isabella
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (513) 791-1663
Description: This 28-acre lake is stocked with adult channel, blue and shovelhead catfish, and rainbow trout. It’s ideal for the first-time fisherman or fisherwoman, because an Ohio state fishing license is not required and friendly staff members are on hand to help you learn the ropes. The lake is a pay-fishing lake ($7.50 and up, depending on how many trout you bag) and is stocked every Friday. You can rent a rowboat for $8.45 and up.