CONTACTS ABOUT LOUISVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION If an individual address is not noted, all Louisville Parks and Recreation Mission Statement divisions may be contacted through [email protected] mailbox. Our mission, as a nationally accredited parks and recreation agency, is to connect people to places and opportunities that support and MetroCall • 24 hour service .........................................................311 • 502/574-5000 grow a sustainable community. Adapted Leisure Activities .......................................................................502/456-8148 Vision Statement [email protected] Our vision for Louisville is a clean, green, safe and inclusive city where Athletic Fields • reservations ...................................................................502/368-5865 people love to live, work and play. Louisville Parks [email protected] Function and History Athletic Leagues • teams .............................................................................502/456-8173 [email protected] Louisville Parks and Recreation plans, supervises, operates and maintains the Louisville Metro Government’s public parks, forests and Recreation Aquatics .......................................................................................................................502/897-9949 and recreational facilities. The department also operates recreation Golf ...................................................................................................................................502/456-8145 programs for all ages. Iroquois Park Amphitheater ..................................................................502/368-5865 The department was established in 1968, when the Louisville City iroquoisamphitheater.com Parks Department and the Jefferson County Parks Deprtment were Jefferson Memorial Forest .......................................................................502/368-5404 combined. Louisville Parks and Recreation operates with funding from fax • 502/368-6517 Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government. memorialforest.com • [email protected] Your Parks Locust Grove ...........................................................................................................502/897-9845 locustgrove.org • [email protected] Louisville Parks and Recreation includes more than 100 parks, as well as six parkways, on more than 13,500 acres of land. Parks are open daily Louisville Tennis Center ..............................................................................502/456-8140 and operating hours are posted. Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center .......................................................502/897-9949 It is the intent of Louisville Parks and Recreation to make all programs Meeting Spaces • conferences/parties/weddings ............502/368-5865 and services accessible to individuals with disabilities; if an accommo- [email protected] dation is necessary for your participation, we ask that you advise us of Metro Arts Center ..............................................................................................502/937-2055 the needed service in advance. For alternative versions of this guide, [email protected] call 502/456-8148 (voice), or 502/456-8183 (TDD). Olmsted Parks Conservancy ..................................................................502/456-8125 Park olmstedparks.org • [email protected] BE SAFE AND LAWFUL Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing .............................502/935-6809 riverside-landing.org • [email protected] Alcoholic beverages are not Horseback riding is allowed only permitted. in areas designated as Senior Services ............................................................502/574-2646 • 502/574-2831 bridle paths. Wilderness Road • Senior Services .....................................................502/964-5151 Please take your trash with you, or deposit it in proper receptacles. Open cooking fires are permitted only in designated areas. ADDITIONAL PARK CONTACTS Obey leash laws while walking your pet through the park, and Fishing is only permitted by pa- pick up your pet’s waste. trons with licenses. No hunting or 21st Century Parks ...........................................................................................502/584-0350 removal of any natural resources Driving and parking are only theparklands.org is allowed. permitted in designated areas. Belvedere/Riverfront Plaza .....................................................................502/574-3768 Mountain bike riding is allowed Swimming is not permitted in any louisvillewaterfront.com only on trails designated for area other than swimming pools. Blackacre State Nature Preserve ......................................................502/266-9802 mountain bike use. Guide blackacreconservancy.org The operation of metal detectors Collection of plants and plant in Louisville parks is prohibited. E. P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park ................................................................502/429-3280 parts is prohibited. A permit is parks.ky.gov All vending or advertising in required to remove seeds. Garvin Brown Nature Preserve ............................................................502/583-3060 Louisville parks requires a permit. riverfields.org Kentucky Department of Tourism ......502/564-4930 • 1-800/225-8747 LOUISVILLE METRO GOVERNMENT kentuckytourism.com Louisville Parks and Recreation Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources ....................................1-800/858–1549 Post Office Box 37280 fw.ky.gov Louisville KY 40233-7280 Kentucky State Park Information......................................................502/564-2172 phone 502/574-7275 web bestparksever.com parksky.gov fax 502/456-3269 email [email protected] Louisville Nature Center .............................................................................502/458-1328 louisvillenaturecenter.org Greg Fischer • Mayor Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area .........................................800/858-1549 Louisville Metro Council fw.ky.gov 1 | Jessica Green 14 | Cindi Fowler Waterfront Park ...................................................................................................502/574-3768 2 | Barbara Shanklin 15 | Marianne Butler louisvillewaterfront.com 3 | Mary C. Woolridge 16 | Scott Reed 4 | Barbara Sexton Smith 17 | Glen Stuckel 5 | Cheri Bryant Hamilton 18 | Marilyn Parker LOUISVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION ONLINE 6 | David James 19 | Julie Denton facebook.com/ 7 | Angela Leet 20 | Stuart Benson louisville.metro.parks louisvillemetroparks. 8 | Brandon Coan 21 | Vitalis Lanshima BLOG wordpress.com 9 | Bill Hollander 22 | Robin Engel 10 | Pat Mulvihill 23 | James Peden flickr.com/ 11 | Kevin Kramer 24 | Madonna Flood photos/louisvillemetroparks 12 | Rick Blackwell 25 | David Yates • • • • • • • twitter.com/ 13 | Vicki Aubrey Welch 26 | Brent Ackerson PARKS MAPS ACTIVITIES FACILITIES AMENITIES CONTACTS instagram.com/ loukyparks loumetroparks Seve Ghose • Director of Louisville Parks and Recreation HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS ACTIVITIES • FACILITIES • AMENITIES • ORGANIZATIONS Welcome to the Louisville Parks and Recreation Park Guide! In this Louisville Loop page 1 booklet you will find listings for all of the public parks managed and Waverly .....................................................4 Blue Lick ...................................................5 Petersburg ..............................................7 Baxter Community Center maintained by Louisville’s Parks and Recreation department. Each William B. Stansbury .....................17 shared use 0.35 mile • walking Beechmont Community Center property is broken down into one of four categories, to make it easier Regional Park page 1 Wyandotte ..............................................7 Breslin .......................................................9 Portland Wharf ....................................7 Berrytown Adaptive and to find the experience you, your friends and family want to have. Jefferson Memorial Forest 0.33 mile • shared use Roberson Run Walking Path ........7 Inclusive Recreation Center Regional Park Park serving the entire metro area; California Community Center Major Urban Parks pages 2-4 Volleyball Buechel .....................................................9 0.5 mile • shared use Major Urban Parks Park size between 100 and 1,000 acres, serving Algonquin ...............................................8 1.33 miles • shared use Cyril Allgeier Community Center residents within a six-mile radius; Charlie Vettiner McNeely Lake Shawnee Seneca .......................................................3 Cherokee Riverside, the Sun Valley California .................................................9 Camp Taylor Memorial ....................9 1.2 miles • walking Molly Leonard Portland Community Parks Park size between 20 and 100 acres, serving n Community Center Iroquois Farnsley-Moremen Waverly Central .......................................................9 0.33 mile • walking Shawnee ................................................4 residents within a 3-mile radius; Parkhill Community Center Long Run Landing Charlie Vettiner ...................................2 Carrie Gaulbert Cox ..........................5 1.3 miles • shared use Neighborhood Parks Park size less than 20 acres, serving residents Louisville Champions Seneca 1 mile • shared use Shawnee Arts & Cultural Center within a 1-mile radius. Chickasaw ...............................................5 Shelby