Explore Our Parks
Things to Do
Learn About Each Park
Baxter Square
Louisville's First Park
Bingham Park
Clifton's Neighborhood Olmsted Park
Boone Square
Portland’s Neighborhood Park
Central Park
An Old Louisville Neighborhood Park
Cherokee Park
The East Louisville Flagship of Louisville’s Olmsted Park System
Chickasaw Park
A Historically and Culturally Significant Park for Black Louisville
Elliott Park
A Russell Neighborhood Park
Iroquois Park
The South Louisville Flagship of Louisville’s Olmsted Park System
Seneca Park
The Final Park of Louisville’s Olmsted Park System
Shawnee Park
The West Louisville Flagship of Louisville’s Olmsted Park System
Shelby Park
A Neighborhood Namesake Park
Stansbury Park
An Olmsted Landscape Meets University of Louisville’s Campus
Tyler Park
A Highlands neighborhood park
Victory Park
A California Neighborhood Park
Wayside Park
A Small Park with Cycling History
Willow Park
Cherokee Triangle’s “Town Square"
History of Olmsted Parks
Frederick Law Olmsted was commissioned to design a park system for Louisville in 1891, and created his greatest achievement: a system of parks connected to tree-lined parkways, instead of freestanding parks as was the common practice. Today, seventeen parks and six parkways comprise Louisville’s historic park system.