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Stricker’s Grove is open to the public four times a year
plus several days in July for the Hamilton County Community Fair.

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Group & Corporate
Rentals

Stricker’s Grove is a family owned and operated private
amusement park available to rent to groups, organizations,
and churches for family picnics, wedding receptions,
meetings and other occasions.

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Family owned and operated private amusement park

Stricker's Grove is available to rent or open to the public several times a year. Visit our Events page to see the days the park is open. If you are an organization and would like to know more about renting the park, please see our Park page.

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Events

Stricker’s Grove is open to the public four times a year plus several days in July for the Hamilton County Community Fair. Our open to the public days include the Fourth of July, Family Day, which is always the second Sunday in August, Labor Day and Customer Appreciation Day which is in October.

Our events can be viewed on our Facebook page. Click here for details, pricing and open to the public days!
If you are looking to attend the Hamilton County Community Fair, click here for details and pricing information.

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Stricker's Grove has a variety of rides and games for all ages. We have two roller coasters. The Tornado is a wooden roller coaster designed by Al Collins and built by Ralph Stricker. Ralph Stricker is the only person in the United States to build his own coaster. Construction was started in November, 1990 and completed in June, 1993. The second roller coaster is the Teddy Bear. The original Teddy Bear was located in kiddie land at Coney Island in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ralph Stricker obtained the blueprints and rebuilt the Teddy Bear at Stricker's Grove. Including all the rides, Stricker's Grove also has an 18 hole miniature golf, arcade with video games and skeeball, shooting gallery, and horseshoes.

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Park

Stricker’s Grove is a family owned and operated private amusement park available to rent to
groups, organizations, and churches for family picnics, wedding receptions, meetings and other such occasions.

General Information

  • Alcohol is not allowed
  • Smoking is permitted in designated areas only
  • Firearms are not permitted
  • Grills permitted, excluding shelters
  • Only service animals are allowed
  • Fireworks are not permitted
  • Cash and credit card accepted at entrance gate. ATM is available on-site.
  • Height Requirements Apply. See below for chart for details.

Park Address
11490 Hamilton-Cleves Road
Hamilton, Ohio 45013
Park: (513) 738-3366
Office Address
PO Box 365
Hamilton, Ohio 45061
Office: (513) 521-9747

Stricker's Grove has a variety of rides for all ages. We have two roller coasters. The Tornado is a wooden roller coaster. Like any amusement park, we enforce ride height restrictions. Please see the height chart below.

Minimum Height Must Ride With Adult Ride Alone
Kiddie Whip 30" 30" - 36" 36"
Kiddie Cars 30" n/a 30"
Kiddie Boats 30" n/a 30"
Kiddie Rockets 30" n/a 30"
Tip Top 38" 38" - 48" 48"
Teddy Bear Coaster 35" 35" - 43" 43"
Tornado Coaster 42" 42" - 48" 48"
Train n/a n/a 48"
Merry Go Round n/a n/a 42"
Free Fall 36" 36" - 42" 42"
Flying Scooters 36" 36" - 48" 48"
Scrambler 36" 36" - 48" 48"
Tilt A Whirl n/a Under 46" 46"
Round Up 48" n/a 48"
Ferris Wheel 36" 36" - 48" 48"
Pirate Ship 48" n/a 48"
Elephants 38" 36" - 48" 48"

History

Stricker’s Grove was started in 1924 in Mt. Healthy, Ohio by Henry Stricker on 55 acres of property. Henry worked at Procter and Gamble and fellow workers asked if they could come out on week-ends to picnic and enjoy the countryside. Henry planted three apple orchards on the property and people would picnic among the groves of trees, thus, the name Stricker’s Grove. Henry Stricker raised chickens for a hobby so when a dance hall was eventually added, it was built with the intention that it could be converted into a chicken coop if the park failed. In the 1940’s, a pony cart ride was added as well as a small horse and pony track. In 1954, the first mechanical rides were added which were the boats, rockets and a ferris wheel. Upon Henry’s death in 1960, the park continued to operate under the watchful eye of his three sons, Harold, Elmer and Ralph. In 1972, the property in Mt. Healthy, Ohio was sold and is now the location of Compton Groves Apartments. Ralph Stricker relocated the park to Ross, Ohio and became the sole owner. In January, 2007, Ralph Stricker passed away. Today, the park is owned and operated by Ralph’s daughter and three long time employees. It is now located on 25 acres which were corn fields at the time the property was purchased and is still surrounded by corn fields today.

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Rental

Stricker’s Grove is available to rent to groups of 550 or more people from mid-May to early October. Unlike most other parks, Stricker’s Grove only rents to one group most of the time, therefore, guaranteeing complete privacy without the hassle of sharing the park and picnic facilities.

For those groups that do not have enough people to rent the entire park, Stricker’s Grove will also occasionally rent to smaller groups on our small business days, which are several groups sharing the park.

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Stricker’s Grove is a family owned and operated private amusement park.
It is located at 11490 Hamilton-Cleves Road, near Ross Ohio in Crosby Township, just north of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a park for families and children.

Park Contact Info

Stricker's Grove
11490 Hamilton-Cleves Road
Hamilton, Ohio 45013
Office: (513) 521-9747
Email: events [at] strickersgrove [dot] com