WeatherRoamTowns within 2 hours of Cincinnati, ranked by this weekend's weather
This weekend's picks
No clear winner for Sat Nov 7 & Sun Nov 8: no town within 2 hours of Cincinnati clears our good-day bar on every day. These come closest.
- Hamilton, OhioMixedJungle Jim鈥檚 路 Pyramid Hillabout 35 minSat 55F, 1% rain
Sun 56F, 0% rain - Louisville, KentuckyMixedDerby Museum 路 Speed Art Museumabout 1 h 35 minSat 55F, 0% rain
Sun 55F, 0% rain - Columbus, OhioMixedCOSI 路 Columbus Museum of Artabout 1 h 40 minSat 50F, 4% rain
Sun 55F, 1% rain
Forecast updated Wed, 1:54 PM EST.
Towns within 3 hours of Cincinnati
Within an hour
| Town | Drive | Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton, Ohio Jungle Jim鈥檚 路 Pyramid Hill | about 35 min | Mixed Sat 55F, 1% rain; Sun 56F, 0% rain |
| Dayton, Ohio Air Force Museum 路 Art Institute | about 55 min | Mixed Sat 53F, 2% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Mason, Ohio Kings Island 路 Little Miami SP | about 30 min | Fair Sat 53F, 2% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Oxford, Ohio Hueston Woods SP | about 50 min | Fair Sat 53F, 1% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Beavercreek, Ohio Air Force Museum | about 55 min | Fair Sat 53F, 3% rain; Sun 54F, 0% rain |
1 to 2 hours
| Town | Drive | Weather |
|---|---|---|
| Frankfort, Kentucky Castle & Key Distillery | about 1 h 25 min | Mixed Sat 53F, 0% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Louisville, Kentucky Derby Museum 路 Speed Art Museum | about 1 h 35 min | Mixed Sat 55F, 0% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Clarksville, Indiana Falls of the Ohio SP | about 1 h 35 min | Mixed Sat 55F, 0% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Columbus, Ohio COSI 路 Columbus Museum of Art | about 1 h 40 min | Mixed Sat 50F, 4% rain; Sun 55F, 1% rain |
| Portsmouth, Ohio | about 2 h | Mixed Sat 53F, 1% rain; Sun 56F, 0% rain |
| Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky Kentucky Horse Park | about 1 h 20 min | Fair Sat 50F, 0% rain; Sun 53F, 0% rain |
| Richmond, Indiana | about 1 h 20 min | Fair Sat 53F, 8% rain; Sun 54F, 1% rain |
| Springfield, Ohio Mad River Gorge 路 Clifton Gorge | about 1 h 25 min | Fair Sat 52F, 3% rain; Sun 54F, 1% rain |
| Columbus, Indiana | about 1 h 35 min | Fair Sat 51F, 0% rain; Sun 54F, 0% rain |
| Chillicothe, Ohio Hopewell Culture NHP | about 1 h 35 min | Fair Sat 51F, 3% rain; Sun 54F, 1% rain |
| Franklin, Indiana | about 1 h 35 min | Fair Sat 51F, 0% rain; Sun 54F, 0% rain |
| Shelbyville, Kentucky Bulleit 路 Guist Creek Lake SP | about 1 h 35 min | Fair Sat 52F, 1% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Nicholasville, Kentucky Camp Nelson Monument | about 1 h 40 min | Fair Sat 51F, 0% rain; Sun 54F, 0% rain |
| Richmond, Kentucky | about 1 h 40 min | Fair Sat 52F, 1% rain; Sun 54F, 0% rain |
| Indianapolis, Indiana Art Museum 路 Children's Museum | about 1 h 40 min | Fair Sat 51F, 0% rain; Sun 54F, 0% rain |
| Seymour, Indiana Muscatatuck Refuge | about 1 h 50 min | Fair Sat 51F, 0% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Dublin, Ohio Columbus Zoo 路 Zoombezi Bay | about 1 h 50 min | Fair Sat 49F, 4% rain; Sun 54F, 1% rain |
| Carmel, Indiana Conner Prairie Museum | about 1 h 50 min | Fair Sat 50F, 0% rain; Sun 53F, 0% rain |
| Noblesville, Indiana Conner Prairie Museum | about 1 h 55 min | Fair Sat 50F, 0% rain; Sun 53F, 0% rain |
| Lima, Ohio | about 2 h | Fair Sat 53F, 6% rain; Sun 52F, 1% rain |
2 to 3 hours
| Town | Drive | Weather |
|---|---|---|
| French Lick, Indiana French Lick Resort 路 Hoosier NF | about 2 h 35 min | Good Sat 55F, 0% rain; Sun 56F, 0% rain |
| Zanesville, Ohio Muskingum River Parkway | about 2 h 25 min | Mixed Sat 48F, 4% rain; Sun 55F, 1% rain |
| Ashland, Kentucky | about 2 h 30 min | Mixed Sat 53F, 1% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Meads, Kentucky | about 2 h 30 min | Mixed Sat 53F, 2% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Athens, Ohio Strouds Run SP | about 2 h 45 min | Mixed Sat 49F, 3% rain; Sun 55F, 1% rain |
| Russell Springs, Kentucky | about 3 h | Mixed Sat 54F, 1% rain; Sun 56F, 0% rain |
| Buckeye Lake, Ohio Dawes Arboretum 路 Buckeye Lake | about 2 h | Fair Sat 48F, 5% rain; Sun 53F, 1% rain |
| Danville, Kentucky Old Fort Harrod SP | about 2 h 5 min | Fair Sat 51F, 1% rain; Sun 54F, 0% rain |
| Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, Indiana | about 2 h 5 min | Fair Sat 50F, 0% rain; Sun 53F, 0% rain |
| Bardstown, Kentucky My Old Kentucky Home SP | about 2 h 10 min | Fair Sat 54F, 3% rain; Sun 53F, 0% rain |
| Elizabethtown, Kentucky | about 2 h 15 min | Fair Sat 55F, 1% rain; Sun 54F, 0% rain |
| Bloomington, Indiana WonderLab 路 Eskenazi Museum | about 2 h 20 min | Fair Sat 53F, 0% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Kokomo, Indiana Seiberling Mansion | about 2 h 35 min | Fair Sat 50F, 2% rain; Sun 53F, 0% rain |
| Mansfield, Ohio | about 2 h 40 min | Fair Sat 45F, 9% rain; Sun 52F, 3% rain |
| Lafayette, Indiana Prophetstown SP | about 2 h 40 min | Fair Sat 50F, 1% rain; Sun 53F, 1% rain |
| Lake Holiday, Indiana Shades SP | about 2 h 40 min | Fair Sat 52F, 0% rain; Sun 52F, 0% rain |
| Terre Haute, Indiana | about 2 h 45 min | Fair Sat 54F, 0% rain; Sun 52F, 0% rain |
| Santa Claus, Indiana Holiday World 路 Lincoln Boyhood | about 2 h 45 min | Fair Sat 55F, 0% rain; Sun 55F, 0% rain |
| Bowling Green, Ohio | about 2 h 45 min | Fair Sat 52F, 8% rain; Sun 54F, 2% rain |
| Cave City, Kentucky Great Onyx 路 Hidden River Cave | about 2 h 50 min | Fair Sat 55F, 0% rain; Sun 54F, 0% rain |
Weather around Cincinnati
The land around Cincinnati is mostly rolling and low, so the useful differences are timing rather than height. Fronts cross the Ohio Valley quickly, and one weekend day is often much better than the other.
Summer brings humid heat and scattered afternoon storms, so a high rain chance can still leave a good morning. Kentucky's Bluegrass around Lexington and the hills of southern Indiana are the usual drives, and in fall they often have the best weekends of the year.
How we pick
"Good" means a high from 55F to 88F, a forecast of sun or clouds, and at most a 30% chance of rain or snow, with no thunderstorm, dangerous heat or cold, strong gusts or smoke. "Mixed" means one day is good and the other isn't. Picks are ordered by that, then by the forecast and how much of a destination the town is.
Drive times start at the center of Cincinnati and go to the center of each town. They come from a table built on OpenStreetMap and do not include traffic or seasonal road closures.
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