Seneca Park

Seneca is such a beautiful spot to bike, walk, run, frolic, dance, practice yoga, or anything your kind heart desires. Also, if you have an eno — this is the PLACE for you. But I highly recommend GPS… when in doubt!
I tend to meet interesting folk and dogs when I visit.

Nice trail for walking, biking, jogging

This is a review for the golf course. I’m an average golfer starting to get back into the sport. I have played at Cherokee’s 9-​hole course multiple times after work and find it to be a very good public, 9-​hole course.
I played Seneca’s 18-​hole course for the first time on Sunday with similar expectations compared to Cherokee (well kept, but limited challenges /​sand /​water).
What I got was something totally different. First of all, it’s hard to figure out where each hole is. If we weren’t paired with a group that had played this course before, we would have been lost 4 or 5 times driving from hole-​to-​hole (not even joking).
With regard to the course, it’s not fun to play.
1) Way too many blind drives. Good luck finding your ball if you can’t hit it in a fairway that you can’t even see.
2) The quality of the groundskeeping crew is poor. The fairways are in really bad shape. Teeboxes are mainly gravel. It’s bad.
3) The difference in difficulty between holes isn’t significant. Also, good luck figuring out how they grade the difficulty of each hole (the 200 yard par 3 is their Handicap 6 hole — good luck finding 5 other ones that are more difficult). I think there are two or three ‘easy’ holes on this course, and the remainder is ‘moderately difficult’ that is only made more difficult by the quality of groundskeeping.
4) The bunkers (when you can find them) are each equipped with only 1 rake, which is roughly the quality of one you’d give to a two-​year old for a sandbox.
I think this course could be a lot better in terms of upkeep — but since it’s so poorly laid out, it would take a MAJOR renovation for it to be any ‘fun’ to play. And this is coming from someone who finds fun at playing both public courses (e.g., Cherokee) and private ones (e.g., Hurstbourne).
Never again.

Louisville has such wonderful parks. I love running, hiking and exploring them all. Seneca is beautiful and conveniently located between the Highlands and Saint Matthews.
Seneca Park has a great field in the middle of a 1.2 running/​walking track. Often people are there playing soccer, football, Rugby, etc. There is also a basketball court, tennis courts and a play ground. The golf course is nice too. Very family friendly.
I enjoying the local events held there like Bark in the Park. Check it out!

Seneca Park is one of Louisville’s vast number of parks and it does not disappoint. It’s well maintained and isn’t far from additional parks, which makes the park system in Louisville quite nice. I like running in Seneca because the people are friendly and everyone seems to actually know where to run and bike so that you do not get run over. The loop around the park seems to be about a mile, which allows for a good walk or run. I also like that they have all kinds of activities going on (basketball, biking, frisbee, soccer, etc). It’s not the type of park I would come to for a picnic as it is a bit louder than some of the others like Tom Sawyer or Cherokee Park, but it really is a nice one to have in Louisville.

If you dislike Seneca Park, then you HATE MURRIKA.
It’s clean. It has many activities, like softball, kickball, tennis, basketball, soccer, jogging, dog walking, biking, ultimate frisbee… I even saw a hippy doing some Tai Chi. Whatever floats your boat, really.
It’s a good park. Many parks around Louisville aren’t very busy. I’ve never been to Seneca Park, in the summer, when it wasn’t really busy. And it’s neat. I love seeing people out being active and staying fit.
The location of Seneca Park is fantastic, too. One direction, you have St Matthews and Frankfort Avenue. The other, you have Taylorsville Road and Cherokee Park.
I’m envious of the people that live in the surrounding neighborhoods. I’d be at the park every day.

If you’re going to spend time doing some out door running or playing in the park for some softball this is the place to go. But if you get away in nature and be somewhere quite this deff isn’t the place to go !
Good running track that stretches a good 1.25 miles (ish??)
Plenty of fields to get in a game of ball
And a nice play place for kids
If that’s your thing go for it. In the summer you’ll have a ton of activities to choose from at this place.

Louisville has spoiled me with it’s magical park system. I don’t know what I would do if I ever had to move…
Seneca is great. It is vast and offers several hiking trails. There are also tennis courts, baseball and soccer fields, a playground, a golf course, and a mostly flat 1.2 mile paved loop.
And as long as you know where you’re going… Seneca and Cherokee are connected!
I’m going to be training here quite a bit for the upcoming Triple Crown of running and I think the loop might become my favorite place to run.

I have been looking for a park to do my long runs in. nice park but very busy! I will need to go earlier than 10:30 am!

Wear bug repellent! I bike and walk/​jog, take the dogs, play with my friends kids… hang out here. It’s a nice park.

The track is way too long to walk around in just 30 minutes. It’s better to bring a friend because the walk is way too long. Has baseball fields for softball tournaments.

I used to take my tae kwon do class out to train in the infield at the Seneca Park track off Cannons Lane and no one would blink or bother us in the least. That’s the kind of place it is, where a myriad of activities co-​exist equally and you can people watch in an easy to get along atmosphere. That’s before you even consider the golf, running trails, and rolling hills of Cherokee’s little brother, Seneca.

Seneca is a really really big park, but I can’t say I’ve ever been on the golf course or the full cross country course. I mostly stick to the 1.2 mile walking path (unless it is kickball season).
The walking trail is well-​lit, so it is good for morning or evening workouts when the days start getting shorter. But I swear there is always at least one light out — usually where the paved trail is most uneven. So, um, watch your step.
Things to distract you while run:
Meandering, tree-​lined path
Tiny people playing baseball and soccer in the spring and fall.
Grown-​ups trying to play kickball.
Morning boot camp (sometimes it is nice to know someone is having a tougher time than me)
Handy features:
Water fountain
Adequate parking
Shady benches
Just in case:
Bona fide bathroom

One of the things I miss when not in Louisville is the outdoor space, and Seneca Park is one place I daydream about all too frequently.
When I am there, I take full advantage of the walking loop, and often find myself taking 2 or 3 trips around even if I only intended to do one. When the weather is nice, the park is also a gathering place for people having picnics, playing baseball and tennis, or for kids at the playground. It’s not uncommon for an ice cream truck to be circling in the summer, which brings a touch of nostalgia to my walk around the loop. I’ve never ventured further through the parkway to pass the golf course or take advantage of the horse trails, but maybe this will be the summer I do either or both of those things!
I have visited Seneca Park regularly at all times of year and always enjoy my time there. It evokes a happiness and nostalgia that radiates as happiness no matter where else I go throughout the day.

Good but not great experience. Price is a very good value. Course in average condition. No cart beverage service and no ranger so we got really backed up. Service in clubhouse is friendly with good beverage selection and ok food options.

Whether you want to get out of the gym and run the loop or enjoy a sunny day on the trails, Seneca gives you that option and is closer than you think,
I couldn’t have asked for a better afternoon trip. It was unexpectedly pleasant to take a moment in what is essentially the middle of Louisville to get off the beathen path and enjoy spring budding, birds singing and fish jumping (albeit, not successfully as far as I could tell).
This park is special, and seems to illicit those special moments when you just stop for a second to watch the clouds converge and the clover to grow.
Tip: It’s easy and tempting to get lost in it. So watch your path and leave a breadcrumb trail back out.

OK, I’m giving it 5 stars for a park because as parks go, this is 4-​stars which is pretty darn good. All the amenities plus a few extras, Seneca allows you to get back to nature without having to leave the Ville.
Now, the other star is based on company and if I could rate it higher, I would, but we’re on a 5-​star system and billions and billions of stars would not fit on the page, so let’s just say it’s a really, really BIG 5^th star, or first star, whichever order you prefer, I’m not particularly OCD. Just a nice day all around, a day to watch the world go by and to let it all go for a moment. Not a bad day at all. Seriously. A very, very good day.
So, go to a park, Seneca’s a good choice, leave the rest of the world behind, have a friend tag along, or bring a book if need be, and just enjoy looking for 4-​leaf clovers, or watching the robins eat worms, or whatever other flight suits your fancy.

Seneca park is great for tennis, walking, jogging, basketball, kids, picnics, dog walking, and field sports.
I run the 1.25 mile loop around the fields and tennis courts. Seneca is also a great place to park and run around the neighborhoods or nearby Seneca Golf Course.
Tip: I used the restrooms at noon on a Sunday, and they were clean!