Phoenix Park — Attraction in Lexington

A cute small park where they had a few picnic tables for us to eat across the way from the memorial across the street (Its all part of one park I think but I may be mistaken). Only saw the dog park from afar but it was a nice size for a city area! Recommend for sure. Lots of these reviews have mentioned low income or unhoused people “milling about” the park but I would like to remind people that parks are for everyone even if they are not as well dressed or wealthy as you think people should be. If you have a problem seeing people in poverty enjoying a park then maybe you should do something in your community to help people. I know some people don’t like being reminded that there are those less fortunate than them but that is reality- people with no houses have to be somewhere & they can’t always hide in back alleys so YOU don’t have to LOOK at them. Get it together y’all & just enjoy a park alongside other human people...

Beautiful place. Monumental in the heart of Lexington, KY. The main library is close by as well as the police department, court houses, new monument by fire department. There is a bunch in this area both government and private.

A lot of recreational places restaurants and bars of walking distance. It's worth the while being a tourist downtown Lexington. A day won't suffice.

Downside to this place is that there are a lot of homeless people (which is nothing bad) and amongst them there are some who do drugs in the open.

I have been a tourist in and around this place and it is phenomenal especially...

This is where I met my husband. We met in 2012 before the parks renovation. At the time we were homeless and Phoenix Park was basically where we lived. I'm not ashamed to say that I was homeless and that I slept on the park benched of Phoenix Park every night for roughly 6 months. This is where we conceived our 1st child. We named her Phoenix after the park. I have many amazing memories...