List of parks in Louisville, Kentucky

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. [ [http://www.olmstedparks.org/ Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy] ] All of the parks in this system are managed by Louisville Metro Parks.

;Flagship
*Cherokee Park
*Iroquois Park
*Shawnee Park

;Other parks
*Algonquin Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/algonquin/]
*Baxter Square [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/baxtersquare/]
*Bingham Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/bingham/] — Originally known as Clifton Park
*Boone Square
*Central Park
*Chickasaw Park
*Churchill Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/churchill/]
*Elliott Square [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/elliott/]
*Seneca Park
*Shelby Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/shelby/]
*William B. Stansbury Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/stansbury/] — Originally known as Third Street Playground
*Tyler Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/tyler/]
*Victory Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/victory/]
*Wayside Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/wayside/]
*Willow Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/willow/] — Originally part of the main entrance to Cherokee Park

;Parkways
*Algonquin Parkway
*Eastern Parkway
*Northwestern Parkway
*Southern Parkway
*Southwestern Parkway

Other parks managed by Louisville Metro Parks

*35th Street Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/35thstreet/]
*Auburndale Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/auburndale/]
*Ballard Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/ballard/]
*Eva Bandman Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/bandman/]
*Beargrass Creek Greenway at Irish Hill [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/beargrasscreekgreenway/]
*Beechmont Tot Lot [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/beechmont/]
*Bellevue Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/bellevue/]
*Berrytown Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/berrytown/]
*Black Mudd Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/blackmudd/]
*Blue Lick Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/bluelick/]
*Bradley Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/bradley/]
*Breslin Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/breslin/]
*William Britt Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/britt/]
*Buechel Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/buechel/]
*California Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/california/]
*Camp Taylor Memorial Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/camptaylor/]
*Cane Run Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/canerun/]
*Caperton Swamp [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/caperton/]
*Castlewood Open Space [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/castlewood/]
*George Rogers Clark Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/clark/]
*Cliff Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/cliff/]
*Clifton Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/clifton/]
*Carrie Gaulbert Cox Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/cox/]
*Joe Creason Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/creason/]
*Crescent Hill Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/crescenthill/]
*Crosby Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/crosby/]
*Des Pres Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/despres/]
*Douglass Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/douglass/]
*Dumeyer Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/dumeyer/]
*Eastover Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/eastover/]
*Eastwood Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/eastwood/]
*Fairmount Falls Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/fairmountfalls/]
*Farman Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/farman/]
*Farnsley Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/farnsley/]
*Fern Creek Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/ferncreek/]
*Fisherman's Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/fishermans/]
*Flaget Field Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/flagetfield/]
*Floyd's Fork Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/floydsfork/]
*German-Paristown Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/germanparistown/]
*Gnadinger Park
*William Harrison Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/harrison/]
*Highview Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/highview/]
*Nelson Hornbeck Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/hornbeck/]
*Hounz Lane Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/hounzlane/]
*Irish Hill Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/irishhill/]
*Louis B. Israel Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/israel/]
*Ivy Court Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/ivycourt/]
*Jefferson Memorial Forest — Largest municipal urban forest in the U.S., operated as a park by Metro Parks
*Kennedy Court Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/kennedycourt/]
*Hays Kennedy Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/kennedy/]
*Klondike Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/klondike/]
*Kulmer Reserve [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/kulmer/]
*Lake Dreamland Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/lakedreamland/]
*Lampton Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/lampton/]
*Lannan Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/lannan/]
*LaPorte Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/laporte/]
*Russell Lee Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/lee/]
*Liberty Bell Playground [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/libertybell/]
*Locust Grove — Historic home and residence of George Rogers Clark
*Long Run Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/longrun/]
*Louisville Extreme Park
*Louisville Champions Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/soccerpark/] (Future)
*Magnolia Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/magnolia/]
*McNeely Lake Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/mcneelylake/]
*Medora Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/medora/]
*Memorial Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/memorial/]
*William F. Miles Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/miles/]
*G.G. Moore Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/moore/]
*Nightingale Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/nightingale/]
*Norfolk Acres Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/norfolkacres/]
*Okolona Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/okolona/]
*Old Walnut/Beecher Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/oldwalnutbeecher/]
*Parkhill Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/parkhill/]
*Patterson Playground [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/patterson/]
*PeeWee Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/peewee/]
*Petersburg Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/petersburg/]
*Portland Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/portland/]
*Portland Wharf Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/portlandwharf/]
*Huston Quin Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/quin/]
*Ginny Reichard Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/reichard/]
*Riverside Gardens Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/riverside/]
*Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing — Historic home and river landing
*Riverview Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/riverview/]
*Roberson Run Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/roberson/]
*Rubel Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/rubel/]
*A.B. Sawyer Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/sawyer/]
*Sheppard Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/sheppard/]
*Slevin Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/slevin/]
*South Central Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/southcentral/]
*St. Louis Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/stlouis/]
*Story Avenue Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/storyavenue/]
*Sun Valley Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/sunvalley/]
*Sylvania Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/sylvania/]
*E. Leland Taylor (Jewell) Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/taylor/]
*Thurman Hutchins Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/thurmanhutchins/]
*Toonerville Trolley Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/toonervilletrolley/]
*Twin Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/twin/]
*Charlie Vettiner Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/vettiner/]
*Ben Washer Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/washer/]
*Watterson Lake Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/wattersonlake/]
*Waverly Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/waverly/] — Includes the 9-hole Bobby Nichols Golf Course
*Westonia Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/westonia/]
*Wyandotte Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/wyandotte/]
*Charles Young Park [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/parks/young/]

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)
*Arthur K. Draut 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)

pencer

*Taylorsville Lake State Park — includes Taylorsville Lake, which extends into Nelson and Anderson Counties.

Indiana metropolitan counties

Clark

;Jeffersonville parks and recreation [http://www.jeffparks.org/]
*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 [http://www.clarksvilleparks.com/]
*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

*Harrison-Crawford State Forest
*Hayswood Nature Reserve

ee also

*City of Parks
*Cityscape of Louisville, Kentucky
*Geography of Louisville, Kentucky
*List of attractions and events in Louisville, Kentucky
*Louisville neighborhoods

References

External links

* [http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/default.htm Louisville Metro Parks]
* [http://www.olmstedparks.org/ Olmsted Parks Conservancy]
* [http://www.oldhamcountychamber.com/marinas.html Oldham County Parks]
* [http://www.jeffparks.org/ Jeffparks.org]
* [http://www.clarksvilleparks.com/ Clarksvilleparks.com]