Mount Adams
A historic hillside neighborhood at the foot of Eden Park, where narrow lanes, stairways, and colorful row houses hide bars and viewpoints overlooking downtown.
Mount Adams is Cincinnati's neighborhood with the strongest flavor of a European hill town. In the 19th century it was home to an observatory. Today its narrow streets are lined with Victorian row houses, pubs, and restaurants, and it gets lively in the evenings. At the top, the Immaculate Conception church keeps a Good Friday tradition in which believers climb the steps in prayer, and both the churchyard and several street corners offer views over downtown and the Ohio River. Walking up from downtown takes about 20 minutes on a steep grade. You can continue into Eden Park from here. Driving is an option, but parking is tight.
Opening hours
All day (shops vary)
Nearby sights
- Cincinnati Art Museum
- Krohn Conservatory
- Eden Park
- Taft Museum of Art
- Purple People Bridge
- Newport Aquarium
- Great American Ball Park
- William Howard Taft National Historic Site