Iroquois Park — Attraction in Louisville

I love this park! Used to be my home away from home as a child. Doesn't suffer from the same issues as Wyandotte as far as the riff-raff. My only complaint is that the top of the park has been let go for many years. The field I used to fly kites in as a child, which always had great wind, has been completely forsaken and is now totally overgrown with very tall grass which is home to a great many snakes. The tennis courts up there have also completely dilapidated and have now had their surrounding fence and nets completely removed, and has been converted to an ad hoc dumping ground for yard waste.

The southern lookout and the hiking trail leading thereto have also been let go. The trail is entirely gone, and for many years the trees were so overgrown that one could hardly admire the view of the city. It appears however, that they are taking much needed steps to completely rebuild it, and the trees have been topped so you can once again take in the beautiful view. I recommend going up there on a sunny day when clouds are in the sky, so that when you look out upon the trees, you can really appreciate the way the sunlight plays off of their leaves, highlighting them in the bright sunlight, and dulling them in the shade of the clouds. You can watch the shadows of the clouds pass over the forest, and it is truly beautiful, and always makes me think of the great oil painter's landscapes. It is especially beautiful in the Spring and Fall, but Winter, too, offers its own unique beauty, and is a great time to hike through the woods off-trail, as you will be unhindered by the thorny vines that are so common.

I also highly recommend going up there to see the sun rise. This is definitely something which your life will be incomplete without seeing for yourself. There is also another perk to going up there so early; the deer. I remember one time in particular that I was taking my morning run around 6:00 AM to the top of the park, which I always do through the woods and often off-trail, and when I got to the road by the southern lookout, I found myself surrounded by four beautiful deer, two adult females and two younger dears of varying ages, which I assume from their small and smaller statures. I'll admit I was a bit frightened in their presence, especially when one hissed loudly at me, which is not a sound I even knew they could make, but I calmly continued walking and they seemed fairly unperturbed by my presence, and eventually took off into the woods. I also saw three wild turkeys the same morning. Yes, I said turkeys, and no, I wasn't inebriated. Watching the sun set is an equal joy and will also give you an opportunity to see some deer, although it is more difficult to spot them at night. I have run into large bucks and a pack of at least a dozen deer at night there.

But the basketball court up there has been better taken care of, and is well worth the trip to the top, as it is far superior to the court at the bottom. It has real rims, unlike the "prison rims"- the totally unforgiving double-rims - at the bottom, and is rarely crowded. The road to the top is open on Wednesdays and the weekends, and that is the best time to go to the courts if you are looking for some friendly competition. Other days it is usually all yours if you want to go there just to practice alone, or have a game with a group of friends.

The park also offers frisbee golf, regular golf, tennis, an archery field in the back, several gazebos equipped with grills, playgrounds at the top and bottom, water fountains, nice bathrooms and an amphitheater where many great musical acts perform, ranging from famous acts like Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie, to legendary bands like Neutral Milk Hotel who rarely tour. In the summer, there is always an ice cream truck or two near the playground on the weekends and often during the week in the afternoon.

It is a wonderful park, and I am very proud to have it in the neighborhood I grew up in at a time when so much else in this part of town seems to be going...

This is a large city park with plenty to do for everyone. There is a Frisbee golf course, tennis courts, basketball courts, an excellent playground & spray-ground, trails and road for walking, biking, running. This park certainly has some of the highest vistas in the city. A winding road meanders in seclusion all the way to the top. This is an old park and I often imagine how many visitors have walked this road. I love being able to catch views of the city from high above (views much better in the winter when the trees are bare). And let me tell you... there are some wide open spaces up on top that I swear could be in a Country Time Lemonade television commercial! Down at the bottom, the recently opened spray-ground is fantastic. It is a great place to bring the kids any time of the year (no water in the winter, of course) and let them go wild. It is a well designed area that uses colors and building materials to suit the outdoors (kudos to the designers!). Of all the parks in the city, this is one of my favs for biking. Amazingly, the ride to the top is not that difficult - it's a fairly low grade most of the way. It's certainly a great ride down. Not only does the road at the top make a complete loop, but there is a bottom loop as well. This bottom loop has lots of curse and hills and is actually the more difficult of the two. Compared to its sister parks in Louisville, while having many areas to hang with the crowds, this park has more secluded areas if you want to get away from the crowded city and feel like you're in the middle of nowhere (which can be a nice sometimes). The Sunnyhill Pavilion is a great shelter for picnics. It was recently refurbished by volunteers from a local school. Excellent job! In the end... just a great park... it's everything you could want in...

Amazing place. Pictures cant describe this place its a must see to appreciate place. Go early be cause they get really crowded, one of the guys driving the golf carts to bring people in that park a long ways out told us on a light day which thats what it was when we went yesterday October 14, 2029 that they will have over 7000 people. He said a heavy day is much more. Kids 12 and under are 10 dollars each and adults 13 and older are 14 dollars each. You got to buy tickets which you can do on line or at the park, there was no wait to buy our tickets there but after you get your tickets then you have to wait in a long line to get in. The park gets really crowded so they only let so many people go in at one time because its a sidewalk that you have to walk through the park to see all the pumpkins. They dont allow no flash on camera's you must stay on the sidewalk and theres absolutely no touching any pumkins. This is a must see park. We lived it, it is amazing. When you come into the park to park your vehichle there will be people directing you where to go to park. They shut down the back road out of the park and you actually park diagonally in one lane and walk back into the park if you get lucky and are the farthest out to park you might catch a ride in on a golf cart. We only caught a ride back to our vehicle when we were leaving and we parked a ways out. We arrived at the park at 8:45pm and we got out of there at 11:40pm. Go see this amazing place and have fun. I would be there at 6:30 and you will have a blast.

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