Joe Creason Park

Joe Creason Park
A map of Kentucky showing the location of Joe Creason Park
A map of Kentucky showing the location of Joe Creason Park
TypeMunicipal park
LocationLouisville, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates38°12′36″N 85°42′24″W / 38.21°N 85.7067°W / 38.21; -85.7067
Area68 acres (280,000 m2)
Created1966
Operated byLouisville Metro Parks
StatusOpen

Joe Creason Park is a municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Located in the Poplar Level neighborhood, it is in roughly the central portion of the city. The park adjoins and connects to Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve, and both were originally part of the same property prior to becoming parks.

The park is located on the south fork of Beargrass Creek. It opened as a park in 1966.

The park is named for Joe Creason, a popular features journalist for The Courier-Journal, who died while playing tennis at the park's Louisville Tennis Center in 1974.[1]