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About Butler County

Butler County, Ohio features nine unique communities with distinctive attractions, comfortable hotels and bed & breakfasts and hidden historical gems. Butler County has thrilling outdoor sports activities, modernly chic shopping hot-spots and activities for visitors of all ages! Butler County is ideally located between Cincinnati and Dayton. With quick access to I-75, it's easy to visit all of Southwest Ohio's best attractions. Stop by the Travel Butler County office for more information, request a free Insider Guide.

Arts

Arts abound in Butler County! With talented theatre groups, inspiring art shows and creative collaborative productions, the art scene is exploding in every Butler County community. Butler County is home to the oldest continually operating stained glass studio that sits in the heart of downtown Middletown, the BeauVerre Riordan Stained Glass Studio. In addition to Middletown, Hamilton, known as the City of Sculpture, has an amazing arts reputation featuring unique sculptures sprinkled throughout the community. One trip to the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum is all it takes for your artistic side to be permanently inspired! This 240-acre park features magnificent outdoor works of sculpture art, serene ponds and beautiful wildlife. Pyramid Hill is also home to the Museum of Ancient Sculpture, which features historic pieces of art and relevant artifacts from the Egyptian era. 

Shopping

Shop your heart out in Butler County! Bring your group, the whole family or take time for yourself at the quaint shops of our urban shopping districts in Downtown Hamilton and Uptown Oxford. Shop the day away in West Chester at IKEA, the world-recognized Swedish shopping destination. This home furnishing store features exclusively designed items, model room settings, a Swedish specialties restaurant and more. A visit to Butler County for shopping isn't complete without a trip to Liberty Center. The worlds of premier shopping, dining and entertainment collide at this state-of-the-art destination.

Entertainment

Adventure and excitement await you in Butler County! West Chester features the world's largest indoor train-themed entertainment center, EnterTRAINment Junction. This family-friendly attraction displays over 90 G-scale trains riding over two miles of track, along with the American Railroading Museum! After a day at EnterTRAINment Junction, spend time on the lake at Wake Nation. Wake Nation is the only cable wakeboarding park in the region, and provides guests with all the equipment needed for a day of water sports thrills.

Where else in the country can you find an international market that features more than 150,000 items from 70 countries? At Jungle Jim's International Market in Fairfield, foodies will fall in love with the selection of exotic spices, hot sauces, cheeses, baked goods, fresh produce, live seafood, wines, animated characters, theatrical décor and so much more!

History

Butler County is rich with historical landmarks, sculptures, museums and community districts. Middletown lies on the former route of the Miami-Erie Canal and showcases displays of the canal and early industry of Middletown. The Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers Monument in Hamilton sits on the site of Fort Hamilton and prominently displays a 17-foot Civil War solider proclaiming victory on the top of this monumental structure. In Oxford, the Freedom Summer 1964 Memorial, on the Western College Historic District of Miami University, commemorates the civil rights workers who were trained at Miami University in 1964. Enjoy the Presidential Pathways Scenic Byway, a 47-mile byway traveling from the Ohio River area to Hueston Woods State Park tracing the lives of two presidents from Southwestern Ohio, William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.

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