Mt. Airy Arboretum, , is an arboretum set within Mt. Airy Forest (1,470 acres), a public park located at 5083 Colerain Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. The arboretum is open daily without charge.
The arboretum began in 1911 when the Cincinnati Park Board purchased of land for reforestation and conservation. It has since expanded to , of which are reforested in hardwoods, reforested in evergreens, in native woodland, of open meadows, and operated as an arboretum proper.
The arboretum includes more than 5,000 plants representing 1,600 species and varieties of woody plants. It contains one of the finest dwarf conifer collection in the Midwest, set around a pond. Other collections include ash, azalea, birch, beech, buckeye, cherry, crabapple, deutzia, dogwood, elm, euonymus, fir, hawthorn, hemlock, juniper, lilac, magnolia, maple, oak, poplar, spruce, viburnum, willow, and yew.
See also List of botanical gardens in the United States
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