List of parks in the Louisville metropolitan area

The following is a list of parks, forests and nature preserves in the Louisville metropolitan area.

View of Downtown Louisville from the overlook atop Iroquois Park.

Louisville Metro (Jefferson County)

Frederick Law Olmsted Parks

The Jefferson Memorial Forest is the largest municipal urban forest in the United States.

The Frederick Law Olmsted Parks[1] (formerly called the Olmsted Park System) in Louisville was the last of five such systems designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.[2] All of the parks in this system are managed by Louisville Metro Parks.

Flagship

Other Olmsted parks

  • Algonquin Park[3]
  • Baxter Square[4]
  • Bingham Park[5] — Originally known as Clifton Park (Locals called it Coral Park)
Walking trails in Central Park, located in the Old Louisville neighborhood.

Parkways

Other parks managed by Louisville Metro Parks

Parks not managed by Louisville Metro Parks

Louisville Waterfront Park, once an industrial wasteland, Louisville's reclaimed waterfront now features trees and walking paths

Kentucky metropolitan counties outside Jefferson

Sign at the entrance of Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, 25 miles south of Louisville.

Bullitt

Meade

Nelson

Oldham

  • John T. Walsh Park (La Grange)
  • Wendell Moore Park (Buckner)
  • Wilborn Park (La Grange)
  • Yew Dell Gardens (Crestwood)
  • Creasy Mahan Nature Preserve (Goshen)
  • Community Convention and Aquatic Center (Buckner)

Shelby

Spencer

Trimble

Indiana metropolitan counties

Postcard of a scene from Cherokee Park at the base of Baringer Hill, early 20th century.

Clark

Jeffersonville parks and recreation

[115]

  • Bob Hedge Park
  • Colston Park
  • Connie Seller Park
  • Highland Park
  • John Wilcoxson Park
  • Lansden Park
  • Lottie Oglesby Park
  • Meijer Little League Fields
  • Oak Park
  • Optimist Park
  • Port Fulton Park
  • Shannon Memorial Park
  • Shirley Hall Park
  • Vissing Park
  • Warder Park
  • Wathen Park

Clarksville parks and recreation

[116]

  • Ashland Park
  • Beechwood Park
  • Cedar Park
  • Colgate Park
  • Gaskell Park
  • Lapping Park
  • Little League Park
  • Midway Park
  • Moser Park
  • Parkwood Park
  • Ray Lawrence Park

Others and state parks

Harrison

See also

References

  1. ↑ Elson, Martha (April 20, 2011). "Historic parks in Louisville to be named for Frederick Law Olmsted". The Courier Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Alt URL[link removed]
  2. ↑ "Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy". Olmstedparks.org. June 12, 2010. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Algonquin Park". Louisvilleky.gov. September 18, 2014. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Baxter Square". Louisvilleky.gov. September 18, 2014. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Bingham Park". Louisvilleky.gov. September 18, 2014. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Churchill Park". Louisvilleky.gov. September 19, 2014. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Elliott Square". Louisvilleky.gov. September 19, 2014. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Shelby Park". Louisvilleky.gov. September 23, 2014. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
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  32. ↑ "Caperton Swamp". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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  38. ↑ "Joe Creason Park". Archived from the original on December 31, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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  41. ↑ "Des Pres Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  42. ↑ "Douglass Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  43. ↑ "Dumeyer Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  44. ↑ "Eastover Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  45. ↑ "Eastwood Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
  46. ↑ "Fairmount Falls Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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  51. ↑ "Flaget Field Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  52. ↑ "Floyd's Fork Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  53. ↑ "German-Paristown Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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  58. ↑ "Irish Hill Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  59. ↑ "Louis B. Israel Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  60. ↑ "Ivy Court Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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  62. ↑ "Kennedy Court Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  63. ↑ "Hays Kennedy Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  64. ↑ "Klondike Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  65. ↑ "Kulmer Reserve". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  66. ↑ "Lake Dreamland Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  67. ↑ "Lampton Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  68. ↑ "Lannan Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  69. ↑ "LaPorte Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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  71. ↑ "Liberty Bell Playground". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
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  74. ↑ "Magnolia Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  75. ↑ "McNeely Lake Park". Louisvilleky.gov. September 19, 2014. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  76. ↑ "Medora Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  77. ↑ "Memorial Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  78. ↑ "William F. Miles Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  79. ↑ "G.G. Moore Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  80. ↑ "Nightingale Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
  81. ↑ "Norfolk Acres Park". Archived from the original on September 30, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  82. ↑ "Okolona Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  83. ↑ "Old Walnut/Beecher Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  84. ↑ "Parkhill Park". Archived from the original on September 30, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  85. ↑ "Patterson Playground". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  86. ↑ "PeeWee Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  87. ↑ "Petersburg Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  88. ↑ "Portland Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  89. ↑ "Portland Wharf Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  90. ↑ "Huston Quin Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  91. ↑ "Ginny Reichard Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  92. ↑ "Riverside Gardens Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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  95. ↑ "Rubel Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  96. ↑ "A.B. Sawyer Park". Archived from the original on September 30, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  97. ↑ "Sheppard Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  98. ↑ "Slevin Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  99. ↑ "South Central Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  100. ↑ "St. Louis Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  101. ↑ "Story Avenue Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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  110. ↑ "Watterson Lake Park". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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  113. ↑ "Wyandotte Park". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
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