Following is a 'list of
parks,
forests and
nature preserves in the
metropolitan area of
Louisville, Kentucky':
Louisville Metro (Jefferson County)
Olmsted Park System
The Olmsted Park System in Louisville was the last of five such systems designed by
Frederick Law Olmsted.
[1] All of the parks in this system are managed by Louisville Metro Parks.
;'Flagship'
★
Cherokee Park
★
Iroquois Park
★
Shawnee Park
;'Other parks'
★ Algonquin Park
[1]
★ Baxter Square
[2]
★ Bingham Park
[3] — Originally known as Clifton Park
★
Boone Square
★
Central Park
★
Chickasaw Park [4]
★ Churchill Park
[5]
★ Elliott Square
[6]
★
Seneca Park
★ Shelby Park
[7]
★ William B. Stansbury Park
[8] — Originally known as Third Street Playground
★ Tyler Park
[9]
★ Victory Park
[10]
★ Wayside Park
[11]
★ Willow Park
[12] — Originally part of the main entrance to Cherokee Park
;'Parkways'
★ Algonquin Parkway
★ Cherokee Parkway
★ Eastern Parkway
★ Northwestern Parkway
★ Southern Parkway
★ Southwestern Parkway
Other parks managed by Louisville Metro Parks
★ 35th Street Park
[13]
★ Auburndale Park
[14]
★ Ballard Park
[15]
★ Eva Bandman Park
[16]
★ Beargrass Creek Greenway at Irish Hill
[17]
★ Beechmont Tot Lot
[18]
★ Bellevue Park
[19]
★ Berrytown Park
[20]
★ Black Mudd Park
[21]
★ Blue Lick Park
[22]
★ Bradley Park
[23]
★ Breslin Park
[24]
★ William Britt Park
[25]
★ Buechel Park
[26]
★ California Park
[27]
★ Camp Taylor Memorial Park
[28]
★ Cane Run Park
[29]
★ Caperton Swamp
[30]
★ Castlewood Open Space
[31]
★
George Rogers Clark Park
[32]
★ Cliff Park
[33]
★ Clifton Park
[34]
★ Carrie Gaulbert Cox Park
[35]
★
Joe Creason Park
[36]
★ Crescent Hill Park
[37]
★ Crosby Park
[38]
★ Des Pres Park
[39]
★ Douglass Park
[40]
★ Dumeyer Park
[41]
★ Eastover Park
[42]
★ Eastwood Park
[43]
★ Fairmount Falls Park
[44]
★ Farman Park
[45]
★ Farnsley Park
[46]
★ Fern Creek Park
[47]
★ Fisherman's Park
[48]
★ Flaget Field Park
[49]
★ Floyd's Fork Park
[50]
★ German-Paristown Park
[51]
★
Gnadinger Park
★ William Harrison Park
[52]
★ Highview Park
[53]
★ Nelson Hornbeck Park
[54]
★ Hounz Lane Park
[55]
★ Irish Hill Park
[56]
★ Louis B. Israel Park
[57]
★ Ivy Court Park
[58]
★
Jefferson Memorial Forest — Largest municipal
urban forest in the U.S., operated as a park by Metro Parks
★ Kennedy Court Park
[59]
★ Hays Kennedy Park
[60]
★ Klondike Park
[61]
★ Kulmer Reserve
[62]
★ Lake Dreamland Park
[63]
★ Lampton Park
[64]
★ Lannan Park
[65]
★ LaPorte Park
[66]
★ Russell Lee Park
[67]
★ Liberty Bell Playground
[68]
★
Locust Grove — Historic home and residence of
George Rogers Clark
★ Long Run Park
[69]
★
Louisville Extreme Park
★
Louisville Champions Park [70] (Future)
★ Magnolia Park
[71]
★ McNeely Lake Park
[72]
★ Medora Park
[73]
★ Memorial Park
[74]
★ William F. Miles Park
[75]
★ G.G. Moore Park
[76]
★ Nightingale Park
[77]
★ Norfolk Acres Park
[78]
★ Okolona Park
[79]
★ Old Walnut/Beecher Park
[80]
★ Parkhill Park
[81]
★ Patterson Playground
[82]
★ PeeWee Park
[83]
★ Petersburg Park
[84]
★ Portland Park
[85]
★ Portland Wharf Park
[86]
★ Huston Quin Park
[87]
★ Ginny Reichard Park
[88]
★ Riverside Gardens Park
[89]
★
Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing — Historic home and river landing
★ Riverview Park
[90]
★ Roberson Run Park
[91]
★ Rubel Park
[92]
★ A.B. Sawyer Park
[93]
★ Sheppard Park
[94]
★ Slevin Park
[95]
★ South Central Park
[96]
★ St. Louis Park
[97]
★ Story Avenue Park
[98]
★ Sun Valley Park
[99]
★ Sylvania Park
[100]
★ E. Leland Taylor (Jewell) Park
[101]
★ Thurman Hutchins Park
[102]
★ Toonerville Trolley Park
[103]
★ Twin Park
[104]
★ Charlie Vettiner Park
[105]
★ Ben Washer Park
[106]
★ Watterson Lake Park
[107]
★ Waverly Park
[108] — Includes the 9-hole
Bobby Nichols Golf Course
★ Westonia Park
[109]
★ Wyandotte Park
[110]
★ Charles Young Park
[111]
Parks not managed by Louisville Metro Parks
★ Auburn Park (
Jeffersontown)
★
Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve
★
Blackacre State Nature Preserve
★ Bowling Park (
St. Matthews)
★ Brown Park (St. Matthews)
★ Dayton Avenue Park (St. Matthews)
★
Fort Nelson Park
★ Founder's Square
★
Garvin Brown Nature Preserve
★ Jefferson Square
★
Louisville Waterfront Park
★
Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere
★ Robison Park (
Lyndon)
★ St. Matthews Park/Community Center
★
E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park
★ Shively Park (
Shively)
★
Six Mile Island State Nature Preserve
★ Skyview Park (Jeffersontown)
★ Veterans Memorial Park (Jeffersontown)
★ Warwick Park (St. Matthews)
Kentucky metropolitan counties outside of Jefferson
Bullitt
★
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
Meade
★
Otter Creek Park — Operated by Louisville Metro Parks
Nelson
★
My Old Kentucky Home State Park
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 Acquatic Center (Buckner)
Spencer
★
Taylorsville Lake State Park — includes
Taylorsville Lake, which extends into
Nelson and
Anderson Counties.
Indiana metropolitan counties
Clark
;'Jeffersonville parks and recreation'
[112]
★ 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'
[113]
★ 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'
★
Perrin Park — Privately owned; located in Jeffersonville
★
Charlestown State Park
★
Clark State Forest
★
Falls of the Ohio State Park
Harrison
★
Hayswood Nature Reserve [114]
See also
★
City of Parks
★
Cityscape of Louisville, Kentucky
★
Geography of Louisville, Kentucky
★
List of attractions and events in Louisville, Kentucky
★
Louisville neighborhoods
References
1. Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy
External links
★
Louisville Metro Parks
★
Olmsted Parks Conservancy
★
Oldham County Parks
★
Jeffparks.org
★
Clarksvilleparks.com
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