Parklands of Floyd's Fork, Louisville KY

[Retro Grouch]

The Parklands sector of the Louisville Loop is a purpose built bikeway that winds it's way thru 5 parks along Floyd's Fork river just east of Louisville.  

This 19 mile one way/38 mile round trip bikeway features lots of curves, bridges, switchbacks and elevation changes which make it a unique topographic cycling experience.  

There are plenty of YouTube videos which cover this bikeway.  Everything from a leisure pace to a full-attack POV perspective.

As you will see in the linked video, the scenery along this bikeway ranges from rural to backcounty.

Sometime this season, I plan to ride it both ways the 1'st time at Recon Speed (15 mph)  and then the following day both ways with my Foot in the Gas.

Attached are links to a map plus a video.

Retro out.

https://theparklands.org/app/uploads/2020/12/Louisville-Loop-Mile-Markers.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqy6fsa-SBM&t=366s

[John McCoy]

Looks pretty cool. Thanks for sharing! 

John McCoy

On Apr 29, 2026, at 7:30 PM, Retro Grouch <mkb...@earthlink.net> wrote:



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[Retro Grouch]

OK, I'm getting some private message responses showing keen interest in riding the Parklands.

This would be a day trip drive to Louisville arriving at the Trail Head sometime around noon or so.  The round trip bike ride would take approx 3.5 hours so we would be back on the road around 4:30pm at the latest and arrive back in Cincy around 7pm.  

Thinking late May to Early June for the 1'st trip down there.  

Retro out.