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Nearest ski hills to Cincinnati and Dayton

For Cincinnati the nearest hill on our list isn’t in Ohio: Perfect North Slopes, in Indiana, is 20 straight-line miles from City Hall. For Dayton the nearest is Mad River Mountain, at 47. Mad River Mountain is the nearest Ohio hill to both cities.

No snow report here. We don’t know what any hill is doing today, and nothing on this page tells you whether to drive. Hours, lifts, lanes and snow are the operator’s to report: follow the link to its own page first. Why we work this way.

Which hills are nearest to Cincinnati and Dayton?

The ten hills on our list nearest to Cincinnati, nearest first
Hill	State	Straight-line miles from Cincinnati	Snow tubing	Official site
Perfect North Slopes	Indiana	20	Yes, in its words	perfectnorth.com
Mad River Mountain	Ohio	95	Yes, in its words	skimadriver.com
Paoli Peaks	Indiana	114	Yes, in its words	paolipeaks.com
Snow Trails	Ohio	152	Yes, in its words	snowtrails.com
Winterplace	West Virginia	212	Yes, in its words	winterplace.com
Boston Mills	Ohio	216	Not on the pages we read	bmbw.com
Oglebay	West Virginia	216	Not on the pages we read	oglebay.com
Brandywine	Ohio	217	Yes, in its words	bmbw.com
Alpine Valley	Ohio	240	Not on the pages we read	alpinevalleyohio.com
Mt. Brighton	Michigan	240	Not on the pages we read	mtbrighton.com

The six hills on our list nearest to Dayton, nearest first
Hill	State	Straight-line miles from Dayton	Snow tubing	Official site
Mad River Mountain	Ohio	47	Yes, in its words	skimadriver.com
Perfect North Slopes	Indiana	56	Yes, in its words	perfectnorth.com
Snow Trails	Ohio	109	Yes, in its words	snowtrails.com
Paoli Peaks	Indiana	149	Yes, in its words	paolipeaks.com
Boston Mills	Ohio	173	Not on the pages we read	bmbw.com
Brandywine	Ohio	174	Yes, in its words	bmbw.com

Each table is chosen and ordered for its own city.

Miles are straight lines between two points, worked out from their coordinates. They are not road miles and not drive times; roads are longer, and a lake or a river can make them much longer. Which points, and where they come from.

What does Perfect North Slopes say about itself?

“Perfect North Slopes is the premier ski area in the Midwest with 5 chairlifts, 8 carpet lifts, 23 trails, 2 rope tows, 3 terrain parks and 23 tubing lanes.”
Perfect North Slopes, home page · perfectnorth.com, read November 11, 2026

The address it prints: 19074 Perfect Lane Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 (perfectnorth.com, read November 11, 2026). A line from its home page when we read it: 2026/27 SEASON PASSES prints 2026-27 (perfectnorth.com, read November 11, 2026). From its tubing season pass page, about that pass: 26/27 Gold Tubing Pass prints 2026-27 (perfectnorth.com, read November 11, 2026). Valid all season, validates a 2-hour Tubing Ticket. (perfectnorth.com, read November 11, 2026)

Its home page gave no hours or day-ticket prices when we read it, so we have none to quote. Official site: perfectnorth.com.

Wide view down a sunlit snow-covered slope under a blue sky. Two skiers stand in the foreground; far below are a long lodge, crowds of small figures and a large full parking lot, with hills beyond. — Down a wide sunlit slope to a lodge and a parking lot full of cars, with skiers small as dots between. The file’s own description: Perfect North Slopes – skiers on the slopes Photo: Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; cropped at both ends and resized. Perfect North Slopes in Indiana, not Ohio, on January 31, 2009.

What does Mad River Mountain say about the drive?

It prints a list of drive times, headed Here's a list of nearby cities and their approximate drive time from the slopes: (skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026)

Dayton, OH - 1 Hour (skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026)
Cincinnati, OH - 2 Hours (skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026)

Those are the operator’s estimates. We are conveniently located 1/2 a mile off US Route 33 at Valley Hi, Road 292. (skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026) Mad River Mountain’s page has its statistics and what its hours page said.

Is Paoli Peaks in reach?

It is farther. Paoli Peaks, a Vail Resorts hill in Indiana, prints road miles from this side: From Cincinnati, OH - approx 120 miles (paolipeaks.com, read November 11, 2026). Paoli Peaks is located at 2798 West County Road 25 South, Paoli, IN 47454. (paolipeaks.com, read November 11, 2026) On tubing: Our tubing hill has up to 10 lanes, each 700ft long. (paolipeaks.com, read November 11, 2026)

Where is the nearest tubing?

Perfect North Slopes counts Perfect North Slopes is the premier ski area in the Midwest with 5 chairlifts, 8 carpet lifts, 23 trails, 2 rope tows, 3 terrain parks and 23 tubing lanes. (perfectnorth.com, read November 11, 2026) among its figures, and Mad River Mountain says No Skill, high thrill family fun. Explore lanes over 1,000 feet long at Ohio's largest tube park. (skimadriver.com, read November 11, 2026) Neither one’s tubing prices were on a page we could read. See snow tubing.

Is there a kids passport for this corner?

We found none for Ohio or Indiana on the pages we read. The three state passports we could confirm are Michigan’s, New York’s and Pennsylvania’s; the kids programs page has their terms. One Ohio operator’s own line about small children, from Snow Trails: Ages 6-12 Save an Additional $10. Ages 5 and under receive a Free Lift Ticket with a paying adult. (snowtrails.com, read November 11, 2026)