Parks & Recreation

Lexington Parks & Recreation oversees over 100 parks in the city, six community centers, five golf courses, six pools, three arts venues, and numerous programs and events. Use this page as your gateway to Parks & Recreation, and learn more about what facilities, programs and events are available to everyone in Lexington!

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Fourth of July information

Schedule of events and rules about fireworks.

Using succession (and disturbance) to create a forest

As the natural “end” to succession in Kentucky, in a lot of ways forests are the easiest habitat to create. If you leave everything alone and wait long enough, you'll get a forest! Of course, reality is never that easy.

Pools expand hours

Splish, splash, the pools are open, and after starting the swimming season with significantly reduced hours because of a lifeguard shortage, the City is able to expand hours, starting Monday, June 21. Here are the new hours that start next week:

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