Shawnee Lookout Golf Course

If the Dalai Lama were looking for a peaceful place around Cincinnati to whack a few drives, he’d head for Shawnee Lookout Golf Course. It’s got it all: Sublime greenery. Beautiful vistas. Raptors soaring overhead, deer and wild turkeys in the tall grass. The hills are formidable and the woods will claim any errant shots. But that’s golf. And life. Go into it with the right attitude—as the Lama himself would (big hitter, the Lama)—and with luck you might attain total consciousness. 2030 Lawrenceburg Rd., North Bend, (513) 941-0120, greatparks.org

Originally published in the May 2014 issue