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The Jefferson Memorial Forest is the largest municipal urban forest in the United States. The Frederick Law Olmsted Parks [1] (formerly called the Olmsted Park System) in Louisville was the last of five such systems designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. [2] All of the parks in this system are managed by Louisville Metro Parks.
Cherokee Park is a 409-acre (166 ha) municipal park located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy.It was designed in 1891 by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture along with 18 of Louisville's 123 parks.
The Louisville Metro Area's overall violent crime rate was 412.6 per 100,000 residents in 2005. [109] The Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metro Area, which is part of Louisville's Combined Statistical Area, was the 17th safest Metro in the U.S. [110] Kentucky has the 5th lowest violent crime rate out of the 50 states. [111]
Here are some of the best places in the Louisville area to see unbe-leafable fall colors. Bernheim Forest & Arboretum 2075 Clermont Road, Clermont, Kentucky; bernheim.org
The Jefferson Memorial Forest is a forest located in southwest Louisville, Kentucky, in the Knobs region of Kentucky. At 6,676 acres (27.02 km 2), it is one of the largest municipal urban forests in the United States. [1] [2] The forest was established as a tribute to area war dead but ultimately this was extended to all U.S. veterans.
Shawnee Park is a municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky.It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed 18 of the city's 123 public parks.Along with the rest of the city's Olmsted-designed park system, Shawnee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
This category includes parks (including forests run as parks) in Louisville, Kentucky. ... List of parks in the Louisville metropolitan area; B.
Jefferson Memorial Forest, in southwest Louisville, the largest municipal urban forest in the United States; Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay, previously known as Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, a 63-acre (25 ha) amusement park with 50 amusement rides and a water park. Named by MSN Travel as one of the top ten amusement parks in America for 2015 ...