French Park

Today our weekly walk was taken at French Park, a park run by the Cincinnati Park Foundation. The park is on property that was once the estate of Herbert Greer French, a Proctor and Gamble Vice President and an avid art collector. His estate was called Reachmont. The house on the property that can now be rented out was built in 1910.

While the weather consisted of a light mist with temperatures in the low 60's, the park offered a wonderful venue for a 2 1/2 mile hike through thick forests and along the creek. We walked the perimeter trail from the upper parking lot down to the lower parking area and then followed the trail along the creek returning to the upper parking lot. The trails are well maintained and a relative easy walk with some up and downs but nothing too taxing. Our walk took an 1 1/2 hours but we did plenty of stopping. Two of the more interesting finds on the walk were a stone wall along a portion of the creek and a stone with a bronze plate marking the burial place of 5 pets from presumably the French family.

As always we completed our walk with beer (with a side of excellent chili) at Quatman Café in Norwood.

The parks website is:
http://www.cincinnatiparks.com/component/content/article/27-art-architecture/304-french-park