George Rogers Clark Park

Love this park and the neighborhood around it! We take our kids to this park almost daily to play on the playground and to get wet under the sprinkler (in summer of course). The park is clean, dog friendly and has excellent hills for sledding when it snows!

After having experienced Cherokee Park almost daily for over a year, as well as being closely acquainted with Seneca, Iroquois and Central Parks in the area… this park was a major let down. I mean… it’s got the space. Lots and lots of space. But a few tennis courts, a playground, a cut-​through-​path and an historical cemetery do not a successful park make.
The only path cuts across a mere corner of the park with the playground, tennis court and picnic areas. But the park is so much bigger than that. But post-​winter-​snow-​melts (or post-rain…or during one’s first visit to the park when one is unacquainted with it) a person might like to see more of the park without getting lost in the unmapped, most likely very muddy majority rest of the park.
The views I was able to grab were lovely. And maybe in the summer time I’ll be able to explore the «wilds» of the park more. But I was sorely disappointed and spent my time in and around the park wishing I had made the decision to head in the other direction towards Cherokee Park that day.

My company hosted a small staff retreat here — about 60 of us took over the park and even had some delicious food trucks on hand to serve up food.
Overall, good! The location was perfect, the ground were kept up enough and there were facilities available (not the cleanest park bathrooms, but they do the trick.) Toss in a touch of history, some other nice park features and NO COST to reserve, and it worked well for our event.
Is is Louisville’s most amazing park? No. Could it work for whatever YOU might be planning? Likely!

I like to move it, move it. And this place is such a calm, uncrowded place to do it. I’ve never seen it deserted, but beyond an occasional grill out party or kids shooting some b-​ball outside on the court, it is this awesome free for all. There is always a tennis court open, which is a huge, huge bonus to me, since that is nearly impossible to say in Louisville, esp free ones.
If you have a dog there is plenty of open field to explore. Flat land, hills, woods — it is a great place to meander around.
Definitely a place for the kids — there is almost always a family on the park benches or walking along the path.
For me what it is missing is a longer walking path. I’d love to see it continue through part of the big open space — even along the edges — for those days that you want to just have the road laid out before you and get lost in your thoughts or good conversation.

I’ll be honest: George Rogers Clark Park doesn’t have a lot to offer at first glance. A couple of busted basketball courts, a tiny «splash park» fountain, and a little sidewalk loop around a soccer field and a lodge. That’s it.
But I’m in love. The park is never crowded like all of the larger Louisville parks seem to be. There are usually some fellow neighbors walking their dogs or playing on the playground with their kids, but I love going here for my runs because I feel like I get every bit of the 46 acres to myself. I also have been known to lounge for hours reading. I tend to call it «my park.»
GRC Park also offers a baseball field, a horseshoe pit, some picnic tables, tennis courts, and a volleyball net. It doesn’t look like much, but it’s the perfect place to have a picnic or small gathering when you want to get away from the overcrowded Olmsted parks. Be sure to take a walk down through the trees and over the creek — the charm of the woods makes up for the lack of updated amenities.