List of parks in the Louisville metropolitan area Facts for Kids

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

Flagship

Other Olmsted parks

Algonquin Park
Baxter Square
Bingham Park — Originally known as Clifton Park (Locals called it Coral Park)

Walking trails in Central Park, located in the Old Louisville neighborhood.

Boone Square
Central Park
Chickasaw Park
Churchill Park
Elliott Square
Seneca Park
Shelby Park
William B. Stansbury Park — Originally known as Triangle Park
Tyler Park
Victory Park
Wayside Park
Willow Park — Originally part of the main entrance to Cherokee Park

Parkways

Main page: Parkways of Louisville, Kentucky

Algonquin Parkway
Eastern Parkway
Northwestern Parkway
Southern Parkway
Southwestern Parkway

Other parks managed by Louisville Metro Parks

35th Street Park
David Armstrong Extreme Park
Auburndale Park
Ballard Park
Eva Bandman Park – Cyclocross venue and site of the 2013 World Championships
Beargrass Creek Greenway at Irish Hill
Beechmont Tot Lot
Bellevue Park
Berrytown Park
Black Mudd Park
Blue Lick Park
Bradley Park
Breslin Park
William Britt Park
Buechel Park
California Park
Camp Taylor Memorial Park
Cane Run Park
Caperton Swamp
Castlewood Open Space
George Rogers Clark Park
Cliff Park
Clifton Park
Carrie Gaulbert Cox Park
Joe Creason Park
Crescent Hill Park
Crosby Park
Des Pres Park
Douglass Park
Dumeyer Park
Eastover Park
Eastwood Park
Fairmount Falls Park
Farman Park
Farnsley Park
Fern Creek Park
Fisherman's Park
Flaget Field Park
Floyd's Fork Park
German-Paristown Park
Gnadinger Park
William Harrison Park
Highview Park
Nelson Hornbeck Park
Hounz Lane Park
Irish Hill Park
Louis B. Israel Park
Ivy Court Park
Jefferson Memorial Forest – Largest municipal urban forest in the U.S., operated as a park by Metro Parks
Kennedy Court Park
Hays Kennedy Park
Klondike Park
Kulmer Reserve
Lake Dreamland Park
Lampton Park
Lannan Park
LaPorte Park
Russell Lee Park
Liberty Bell Playground
Locust Grove – Historic home and residence of George Rogers Clark
Long Run Park
Louisville Champions Park
Magnolia Park
McNeely Lake Park
Medora Park
Memorial Park
William F. Miles Park
G.G. Moore Park
Nightingale Park
Norfolk Acres Park
Okolona Park
Old Walnut/Beecher Park
Parkhill Park
Patterson Playground
PeeWee Park
Petersburg Park
Portland Park
Portland Wharf Park
Huston Quin Park
Ginny Reichard Park
Riverside Gardens Park
Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing – Historic home and river landing
Riverview Park
Roberson Run Park
Rubel Park
A.B. Sawyer Park
Sheppard Park
Slevin Park
South Central Park
St. Louis Park
Story Avenue Park
Sun Valley Park
Sylvania Park
E. Leland Taylor (Jewell) Park
Thurman Hutchins Park
Toonerville Trolley Park
Twin Park
Charlie Vettiner Park
Ben Washer Park
Watterson Lake Park
Waverly Park – Includes the 9-hole Bobby Nichols Golf Course
Westonia Park
Wyandotte Park
Charles Young Park

Parks not managed by Louisville Metro Parks

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

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

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

Bullitt

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest

Meade

Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area — Operated by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Nelson

Bardstown Community Park
Dean Watts Park (Bardstown)
My Old Kentucky Home State Park
Jones Avenue Park (Bardstown)
Woodson/Rogers Park (Bardstown)

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

Clear Creek Park (Shelbyville)

Spencer

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

Trimble

Milton City Park (Milton)
Trimble County Park (Bedford)

Indiana metropolitan counties

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

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

Harrison

Buffalo Trace Park
Harrison-Crawford State Forest
Hayswood Nature Reserve

List of parks in the Louisville metropolitan area facts for kids

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