Cherokee Park, a 409-acre park in the heart of Louisville, was designed by Olmsted in 1891. Cherokee Park is known for its fantastic trails, but its scenic loop is my favorite.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- More than a century old, Cherokee Park and its palette of fall colors make even the busiest person stop and admire the masterpiece of Frederick Law Olmsted, the legendary ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Cherokee Park is going car-free Sunday, part of a new monthly initiative. The park's scenic loop will be closed to vehicles from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., something that'll ...

LOUISVILLE — On a recent Saturday, warm afternoon sunshine drew hundreds of visitors to Cherokee Park — hiking, biking, running, ... Olmsted began work on the Louisville parks in 1891.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Olmsted Parks Conservancy and Louisville Parks and Recreation will be closing the Scenic Loop in Cherokee Park to vehicle traffic one Sunday a month between 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. so ...

Col. Andrew Cowan picked choice site overlooking Cherokee Park for estate, now under contract to be sold for $899,000. ... The land for Cherokee was acquired in 1891 ...

Nevertheless, he and his friends thought that even this less-than-active service was worth a statue at the entrance to Cherokee Park. And so they commissioned one of the still-living commissioner ...

Cherokee Park is going to be getting a brand-new scenic overlook. The Olmsted Parks Conservancy announced Tuesday that the Louisville park would be getting a more than $300,000 investment to build ...

A construction project on Cherokee Park Bridge No. 2 will add a new bridge deck and rails but will close the crossing for about two months.

Rundill Road in Iroquois Park will reopen to its pre-COVID route immediately, while vehicle access to some parts of Cherokee Park will be restored mid-June. Skip Navigation.