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Cherokee Park

Location
Cherokee Park, 745 Cochran Hill Rd, Louisville, KY 40206
Hours
6 am - 11 pm
Facility Reservations
502-574-7275

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Features & Amenities

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Activities

Wildflower Photography with Jon Cherry

This outdoor photography workshop showcases Wildflower Woods, where Olmsted Parks Conservancy has worked for decades …

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Park Steward Training

Olmsted Parks Conservancy Park Stewards serve as official ambassadors and play an integral role in helping our organization enhance, restore and protect our 17 Olmsted Parks and 6 Parkways. With duties ranging from helping to remove invasive plants in designated park areas, leading volunteer groups, or managing a booth at community events, there’s an opportunity for every interest and skillset. On average, our Park Stewards volunteer four hours monthly. Through our Park Steward training program, you’ll attend a series of virtual lectures and hikes to learn more about Park History, Horticultural Techniques, Plant Identification, and Woodlands Management, all while meeting amazing new people and getting the opportunity to exercise ownership over these greenspaces you care about.

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Car-Free Cherokee

Car Free Cherokee

On the last Sunday of each month, we close Cherokee Park to traffic so park …

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Cherokee Park Virtual

Tree Talk: Tulip Poplar

Have you ever wondered, how old is that tree? In this first installment of Tree …

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National Pollinator Week

It’s officially summer and the parks are ABUZZ with pollinators. Pollinators, like bees, are vital …

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History of Cherokee Park

When Frederick Law Olmsted designed Louisville’s park system, he started with three main parks: Cherokee, Iroquois and Shawnee. Designed in 1891, Cherokee Park is the East Louisville cornerstone of the park system and provides a pastoral setting amid rolling hills, open meadows and woodlands of the Beargrass Creek valley.

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Land Acknowledgement

Olmsted Parks Conservancy recognizes Native American and Indigenous peoples as the longest serving stewards of the land that is now our park system. We strive to build more inclusive parks, and we commit to fostering diversity and respect both in nature and neighborhoods.

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Friends of Olmsted Parks

Through collaboration and communicating about program and project needs, Friends of Olmsted Parks will help us improve and activate our parks, creating a positive community impact.

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