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St. Matthews

Ohio River – Waterfront Park loop from Norbourne Estates

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Road cycling routes
United States
Kentucky
Jefferson County
St. Matthews

Ohio River – Waterfront Park loop from Norbourne Estates

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24

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Ohio River – Waterfront Park loop from Norbourne Estates

05:05

104km

430m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 23, 2025

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

After 18.4 km for 171 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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6.39 km

Beargrass Creek

Highlight • River

Beargrass Creek is a large waterway near Karen Lynch Park. While biking over this bridge, you get great views of the water, but be aware of the car traffic around you.

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2

8.07 km

Ohio River

Highlight • River

The Ohio River flows for miles through different cities next to different roads and various bike paths. You get different perspectives of the water as you bike along its banks and cross the water on pedestrian and vehicular bridges.

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3

8.45 km

Waterfront Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Waterfront Park is an attractive riverside park with benches, picnic areas, open areas, and paved walking/biking paths. You get great views over the river and of the Big Four Bridge, …

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4

11.9 km

Make sure you check out the Widows Walk Ice Cream Shop at the start or end of your ride (right across the street from the Ohio River Greenway sign and Ashland Park).

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5

23.8 km

Shawnee Park

Highlight • Rest Area

This is a nice, riverside park with ample parking and restrooms, which makes it a great place to start and finish your ride. The, as yet, incomplete Louisville Loop Trail …

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6

92.1 km

South Fork Beargrass Creek

Highlight • River

One of the three main branches of Beargrass Creek, the South Fork originally ran through downtown Louisville. However, this was rerouted in the 1850s and a gain in the 1920s. …

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7

92.5 km

South Fork Beargrass Creek

Lake

8

96.3 km

Cherokee Park

Highlight • Natural

Cherokee Park is one of the original parks designed by "the father of landscape architecture in the United States", Frederick Law Olmsted. The 2.3 mile paved Scenic Loop is a great addition to any ride through the park.

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9

97.5 km

Cherokee Park Scenic Loop

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Scenic Loop is a paved path through Cherokee Park that is open to both bikes and foot-traffic. It is next to the road a lot of the time, so …

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104 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.3 km

29.4 km

15.2 km

10.5 km

1.43 km

733 m

Surfaces

56.2 km

45.7 km

1.43 km

1.11 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

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