Long Branch Farm & Trails (Open to Cincinnati Nature Center members only) — Attraction in Goshen Township

Need to be friendlier to foragers or has more guides who understand foraging. For example. Mustard Garlic is an invasive species from Asia and European islands. It not only inhibits growth of native plants but releases a hormone into the soil that kills off native plants. Rasperries are another fast spreading non native highly invasive species from Europe. If you fancy yourself a nature preserve you should not be picking on foragers for taking and eating these species. For the most part for anyone else this is a fun place to hike. Its a lot better than the Milford location because they keep this connected closer to nature (no signs or at least minimum, there is more natural trails, and it has the option of some harder trails than the normal route.) Overall I would recommend this place hands down because it's a great place outside of them enforcing foraging nonsense foraging rules. Even though I do like this place the membership simply isn't worth it to me due to not being able to forage . $50 dollars is sort of justified if I can ar least get a basket of berries or some pheasent back mushrooms but if I can't do that I would rather just drive to East Fork Lake, Woodland Mound, or Stonelick. All of which have much longer trails better variance in skill level and are all forager friendly at much lower cost. 2 being free and Woodland mound being $10. Please revise your rules to fit with the definition of nature preserve so we can preserve our...

This is a location in Goshen for members of the Cincinnati Nature Center. You can not pay to get in. 7 miles of hiking trails. My dog and I went last week for the first time since getting our pass. We enjoyed our hike. Paths are well maintained, all different types of paths; gravel, dirt, grass, etc. Wide paths too. We did the Owl trail which was very nice. We also did the firefly trail with is really just around an open field. Lots of sun and I recommend doing it on an overcast or fall day. Keep in mind that Goshen got hit by a tornado in July of 2022 and you do see some aftermath of that. There are a lot of trees down along the side of the owl trail. However the trails are very clear, it's still shaded, and still beautiful regardless. There are at least 100 bird houses too. I'm curious to know how many as we seen some numbered in the 600's and others numbered like 45, etc.

The salamander trail is so fun. My dog and my niece love crossing the creeks. There's a pair of black water snakes that live in the slate rocks by the little waterfall. It was cool to see them both...

This park is open only to members of the Cincinnati Nature Center, so the membership card is required for entry. The bad: Sometimes it has been hard to get the card to work and you'll see people drive away because they can't gain entry. Also, when it's really windy they have closed the park for safety reasons due to branches falling. Since the tornado/ straight lines winds that came through in the summer of 2022, there is a TON of trees that are topped, branches dangling, and fallen trees...so the threat is now very real for branches falling. It's crazy to see the destruction, and kinda sad to see it go from a beautiful forest to wind damage forest. The good: the kid day camps are fantastic. There is a lot less people at the park. There's 2 creeks to explore and a couple places the park as set up to hang hammocks. There's a pretty overlook. Grasslands, forests, a lake, and...