Cherokee Park - Big Rock

Cherokee is a beautiful park, right in the middle of a big city. You feel like you’re no longer in the city, and can rest and take a peaceful walk on the loop or the other trails. I visit this park at least once a week! It’s normally very clean, I haven’t ever had issues with trash except maybe in one of the bathrooms (I think someone camped out in it).

My son, cousin and I was baptized on Oct. 1, 2023 at big rock. It was beautiful and the water felt great.

This was an AMAZING find.
The water was crystal clear and easily accessible.
The only downsides were that people can't respect amazing things, and tend to leave trash behind. We brought gloves with us and picked up a little bit!

Had a great time with my son. He loved that he could be a kid and get dirty! He kept saying this is so cool! And tried to catch mino's 😀 definitely will be back .. and soon.

The right place to hike around with quiet scenery.Great place for family picnic and fun for kids and grown-ups. Looking for Nine-hole golf? Mark on your GPS that it's the place for combo fun. My 3 years daughter loves exploring water creatures and catching fish 🐟 for fun. WISH THEY HAVE MARKED PARKING SPOTS.

I haven't been to this park in over 40 years. It's still as beautiful as it was back then and lots of nice improvements. Was able to find Big Rock but couldn't remember where the small tennis courts were that sat off the road were and if they are even still there. A lovely day of memories and fun. Definitely a wonderful, fun, relaxing, and adventurous time for the whole family. Highly recommend it if you've never been there.

Our fav park for our 10 and 8 year olds.

Nice little spot along Beargrass Creek. Playground is very small but lots of safe places to play along the creek and hiking for the kids. Even found a small waterfall!

I simply LOVE Big Rock Park. This is important to note: DO NOT SWIM HERE. ITS WATER IS DIRECTLY FROM THE SEWERS. (Admittidly, my family and I didn't know the name until just now when Maps asked me to review it, so we always call it the Cliff Park. 😳) My 2 favorite trails are the trail on the cliffs, along the river; and the hike to Cherokee. The cliff trail is 0.44 miles from the parking lot to the end of the trail. It's a beautiful trail, but I'd recommend not taking children under 3 and to have 1 adult for each child under 6. The hike to Cherokee is 1.51 miles from the start of the trail to the end. It's about 2 miles from Cherokee to the Big Rock parking lot. In all we walk 4 miles going to Cherokee. It's an amazing place teeming with wildlife; we saw HUGE caterpillars, deer, rabbits, dragonflies, crawfish, and more. 5 stars for sure, it's a great place to go with the family!

Very nice place to enjoy a walk or dip your feet in the water. Beautiful place.

This place is absolutely beautiful. Such a great place for family, wedding, engagement, ect.. any type of picnics or family photo sessions. Great place for kids to play! Pet friendly too!

In my opinion it is a good place to share with family and friends, having good and wonderful experiences...

Probably my go to favorite park. There’s forestry, water that is certainly swimmable. Pretty decent community of people. Plenty hammock space. Shade, restrooms, it’s clean and for the most part people try and keep it that way. The building on site there which is kind of like a big facilities/Roofed/sheltered area is in my opinion-potential epicenter of most of the foul play around there. I wish they would tear it down and rebuild. Would serve the community better. Still 5+ stars!! Great place.

Great place you can walk threw the creek or hike the trails and playground for the kids

I developed a strong attachment to all of Cherokee Park as a kid. And each time I go back I have just as much fun. It's an amazing like oasis right in the middle of the city

Good place to exercise on the trails they have lil areas of creeks

We love this place! It's relaxing (no lifeguards, kids can bring floats, and even pets get in the water!) and the water is perfect. There is a rope to swing on over the water and of course the Big Rock to jump from. Lots of people bring a cooler full of beer and just sit back and relax. So much better than a public pool! The only downside is the shores are littered with sharp little rocks and shells, so I prefer to wear shoes in the water.

They probably should have more port-a-potties and more stuff for the kids playground but very nice place and a clean creek to play in or walk down no picnic area though and I didn't see any signs that said no dogs so must be pet friendly

Fun nice the water wow you are going to like this park all so I did.

Beargrass Creek & Big Rock are my favorite places to go to hike or just sit in peace. Incredibly beautiful & relaxing.