List of parks in the Louisville metropolitan area
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The following is a list of parks, forests and nature preserves in the Louisville metropolitan area.
Louisville Metro (Jefferson County)
Frederick Law Olmsted Parks
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)
- Boone Square
- Central Park
- Chickasaw Park
- Churchill Park[6]
- Elliott Square[7]
- Seneca Park
- Shelby Park[8]
- William B. Stansbury Park[9] — Originally known as Triangle Park[10]
- Tyler Park[11]
- Victory Park[12]
- Wayside Park[13]
- Willow Park[14] — 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[15]
- David Armstrong Extreme Park
- Auburndale Park[16]
- Ballard Park[17]
- Eva Bandman Park[18] – Cyclocross venue and site of the 2013 World Championships
- Beargrass Creek Greenway at Irish Hill[19]
- Beechmont Tot Lot[20]
- Bellevue Park[21]
- Berrytown Park[22]
- Black Mudd Park[23]
- Blue Lick Park[24]
- Bradley Park[25]
- Breslin Park[26]
- William Britt Park[27]
- Buechel Park[28]
- California Park[29]
- Camp Taylor Memorial Park[30]
- Cane Run Park[31]
- Caperton Swamp[32]
- Castlewood Open Space[33]
- George Rogers Clark Park[34]
- Cliff Park[35]
- Clifton Park[36]
- Carrie Gaulbert Cox Park[37]
- Joe Creason Park[38]
- Crescent Hill Park[39]
- Crosby Park[40]
- Des Pres Park[41]
- Douglass Park[42]
- Dumeyer Park[43]
- Eastover Park[44]
- Eastwood Park [45]
- Fairmount Falls Park[46]
- Farman Park [47]
- Farnsley Park[48]
- Fern Creek Park[49]
- Fisherman's Park[50]
- Flaget Field Park[51]
- Floyd's Fork Park[52]
- German-Paristown Park[53]
- Gnadinger Park
- William Harrison Park[54]
- Highview Park[55]
- Nelson Hornbeck Park[56]
- Hounz Lane Park[57]
- Irish Hill Park[58]
- Louis B. Israel Park[59]
- Ivy Court Park[60]
- Jefferson Memorial Forest – Largest municipal urban forest in the U.S., operated as a park by Metro Parks
- Alberta O. Jones Park[61]
- Kennedy Court Park[62]
- Hays Kennedy Park[63]
- Klondike Park[64]
- Kulmer Reserve[65]
- Lake Dreamland Park[66]
- Lampton Park[67]
- Lannan Park[68]
- LaPorte Park[69]
- Russell Lee Park[70]
- Liberty Bell Playground [71]
- Locust Grove – Historic home and residence of George Rogers Clark
- Long Run Park[72]
- Louisville Champions Park[73]
- Magnolia Park[74]
- McNeely Lake Park[75]
- Medora Park[76]
- Memorial Park[77]
- William F. Miles Park[78]
- G.G. Moore Park[79]
- Nightingale Park [80]
- Norfolk Acres Park[81]
- Okolona Park[82]
- Old Walnut/Beecher Park[83]
- Parkhill Park[84]
- Patterson Playground[85]
- PeeWee Park[86]
- Petersburg Park[87]
- Portland Park[88]
- Portland Wharf Park[89]
- Huston Quin Park[90]
- Ginny Reichard Park[91]
- Riverside Gardens Park[92]
- Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing – Historic home and river landing
- Riverview Park[93]
- Roberson Run Park[94]
- Rubel Park[95]
- A.B. Sawyer Park[96]
- Sheppard Park[97]
- Slevin Park[98]
- South Central Park[99]
- St. Louis Park[100]
- Story Avenue Park[101]
- Sun Valley Park[102]
- Sylvania Park[103]
- E. Leland Taylor (Jewell) Park[104]
- Thurman Hutchins Park[105]
- Toonerville Trolley Park[106]
- Twin Park[107]
- Charlie Vettiner Park[108]
- Ben Washer Park[109]
- Watterson Lake Park[110]
- Waverly Park[111] – Includes the 9-hole Bobby Nichols Golf Course
- Westonia Park[112]
- Wyandotte Park[113]
- Charles Young Park[114]
Parks not managed by Louisville Metro Parks
- Auburn Park (Jeffersontown)
- Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve
- Blackacre Nature Preserve and Historic Homestead
- 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
- Harrods Creek Park (Prospect)
- Jefferson Square
- Louisville Waterfront Park
- The Parklands of Floyds Fork:
- Beckley Creek Park
- Pope Lick Park
- Broad Run Park
- The Strand
- Turkey Run 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 Jefferson
Bullitt
Meade
Nelson
- Bardstown Community Park
- Dean Watts Park (Bardstown)
- My Old Kentucky Home State Park
- Jones Avenue Park (Bardstown)
- Woodson/Rogers Park (Bardstown)
Oldham
Shelby
- Clear Creek Park (Shelbyville)
Spencer
- Taylorsville Lake State Park — includes Taylorsville Lake, which extends into Nelson and Anderson Counties.
Trimble
Indiana metropolitan counties
Clark
Jeffersonville parks and recreation
- 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
- 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