Mt. Echo Park (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Mt. Echo Park occupies a hilltop setting above a bend the Ohio River. The beautiful entrance wall was built up by the Federal Works Project Administration in 1939.
The first parcel of land for the park, which got its name from the sheer cliffs and the echoes they produce, was purchased in 1908.

In 1929, the impressive pavilion was completed. The pavilion, one of the finest structures of the city park system, stands 825 feet above sea level with columns that support a series of arches.

Below the pavilion is the overlook with its magnificent view of downtown Cincinnati and Kentucky across the "S" bend in the Ohio River. Magnificent buckeye and sycamore trees remain from the park's original plantings.