Park Hills: I-71/I-75 at Cut in the Hill

Few places in northern Kentucky have a history as closely tied to hillside residential development as Park Hills. Incorporated in 1927, this small city occupies elevated ground west of Covington, close to the Ohio River and the Kentucky–Ohio state line. Its streets are chiefly residential, following ridges and slopes rather than a conventional commercial downtown. Park Hills adjoins Devou Park, Covington’s major municipal park, whose hilltop setting looks across the river toward Cincinnati. The Ohio River valley has long linked the area to the wider Cincinnati metropolitan region, while Park Hills has retained the civic identity and scale of an independent Kentucky municipality.