East - Hints & Solutions

Hint: In the center of the circle in the middle of the parking lot, there is the Sundial Memorial. Take a close look at how the sundial works. You will be asked to use your body to help tell the time. Look at the path of sun throughout the year for the answer to this stop.

Solution: If you stand to the either side of the Sundial Memorial the path of the sun traces the number '8'.

Hint: Make your way to Hyde Park Square in the head of Hyde Park. Locate the Kilgour Fountain, the large statue in the west end of the park. Find the date the statue was donated engraved on the pedestal.

Solution: The fountain was donated on November 6, 190.. The clue asks for the day, making the answer '6'.

Hint: Across the street from Hyde Park square is Cincinnati Fire Department #46. Look for the bench out front dedicated to firefighter Harry Shreve. The box number for the clue is listed on the dedication. 

Solution: The box number on the dedication is #13. The clue asks for the last digit of the number, making the answer '3'.

Hint: Make your way to the Eden Park Overlook on lake drive. There you will see two small lakes on the back side of the main area to park. Walk around the left lake (the one closest to the parking entrance) and find a statue called the Cormorant Fisherman on a small inlet to the lake near the bridge that spans between the two lakes. Look at the basked for a letter that is made by the bands across the top.

Solution: While face to face with the bird on top of the basket, the bands made the letter 'H' making that the answer to this clue.

Hint: The Eden Park Standpipe is the large brick water tower building on the top part of the park along cliff drive. Look for the smaller but taller section and count the number of sides of this portion of the standpipe.

Solution: The turret section of the Eden Park Standpipe has '7' sides making this the answer to this scavenger hunt stop.

Hint: Walk along the paths in the Memorial Groves at Eden Park until you find a large rock with a plaque with more information on the gardens. It's near the center of a large circle that most of the paths lead to in the middle of the park section.

Solution: The plaque on the large rock indicates the original plantings were initiated on April 27, 1882. The clue asks for the last digit of the day of April 1882, making the answer '7'.

Hint: Make your way to the Henke Winery on Harrison Avenue in Westwood. Look for the person in the middle (John Gamble of P&G fame) and take a closer look at what he is holding for the answer.

Solution: John Gamble is holding a bar of Ivory soap on a scale. The clue asks for the second letter, making the answer 'V'.

Hint: Locate the main entrance up the ramps to the Madcap Education Center on Harrison Avenue in Westwood. Look in the windows for a flyer on their summer camps in one of the windows. Look for the Dalmatian and count the number of spots.

Solution: The Dalmatian has a total of '5' spots (when you don't count the eyes) making this is answer to this clue.

Hint: Find the Westwood Town Hall in the heart of Westwood. Walk around the building until you see a small display of an actual railroad tie from the Cincinnati and Westwood Railroad. It's near the northeast corner facing the parking lot and Harrison Avenue. The rail is on the ground while the commemorative plaque is on the building.

Solution: The Cincinnati and Westwood Railroad was used from 1874 to 1924. The clue asks for the last digit of the of the last year the railroad was in operation, making the answer '4'.

Hint: Find the Soldiers Monument in Spring Grove Cemetery. The statue is of a Union Army soldier from the U.S. Civil War.

Solution: The pedestal the statue is using is a simple square block, making the answer '4'.

Hint: Locate the large sphinx monument in Spring Grove Cemetery. Don't worry there is only one! On the side the following is engraved on the side:

BENEATH THIS STONE

ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS

MATT’W LAWLER Esq.

OF PHILADELPHIA

BORN JANUARY 1ST 1755

DIED JULY 14TH 1831

MRS ANN LAWLER

HIS CONSORT

BORN JUNE 5TH 1761

DIED MARCH 25TH 1835

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY

BY THEIR SON DAVIS B. LAWLER IN JUNE 1850 

Solution: The clues asks for the first day of the month in March 1835 that Ann Lawler passed away, making the answer '2'.

Hint: Find the Dexter Mausoleum in Spring Grove Cemetery. It's hard to miss. Look for a creepy building that resembles something from the Aadams Family television show. Look near the top of the building for a circle with a letter in it.

Solution: The clue asks for the letter in the circle near the top of the building underneath the cross and above the stained-glass windows, making the answer 'E'.

Hint: Look in the windows of the Weston Art Gallery at the new installation by Louisville artist Lori Larusso called Precarious Panoply. There are a number of rainbows as part of the installation.

Solution: There are a total of '7' colors of the rainbow, making this the answer.

Hint: Locate the Metrobot outside of the Contemporary Arts Center at the corner of 6th and Walnut. It's the large sculpture that looks like a robot. Find the payphone that is on the backside of the statue and find the phone number.

Solution: The phone number is (513) 246-4268. The clue asks for the first digit of the 7-digit phone number, making the answer '2'.

Hint: Find the Cincinnati Toy Heritage Mural on Court Street in downtown Cincinnati. The Easy Bake Oven that is behind C3PO from Star Wars has a time listed on its digital display.

Solution: Your can only see the last two digits of the display and it reads :30. The clue asks for the last digit of the number, making the answer '0'.