Editing Lexington, Kentucky (section)

===City parks and facilities===
[[File:Lexington Cemetery.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Lexington Cemetery]]'s tulip garden. The facility was founded in 1848, during a [[cholera]] epidemic.]]

Lexington has over 100 parks, ranging in size from the {{cvt|8719|ft2|m2|adj=on}} Smith Street Park to the {{cvt|659|acre|km2|1|adj=on}} Masterson Station Park.<ref name="FunGuide2007">{{Cite book |title=Fun Guide 2007 |publisher=City of Lexington, Kentucky, Division of Parks and Recreation |year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfucg.com/parks/index.asp |title=Parks – Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219082506/https://www.lfucg.com/parks/index.asp |archive-date=February 19, 2016}}</ref> Many Lexington parks recently received improvements as part of a $25,183,270.63 investment from the [[American Rescue Plan Act]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) |url=https://www.lexingtonky.gov/ARPA |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=City of Lexington |language=en |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921123857/https://www.lexingtonky.gov/ARPA |url-status=live }}</ref> Lexington's parks include:
*Five public golf courses at Kearney Hill Links, Lakeside, Meadowbrook, Tates Creek, and Picadome
*Six [[dog park]]s at Jacobson, Masterson Station, Coldstream, Pleasant Ridge, Veteran's Park, and Wellington
*Three public 18-hole [[disc golf]] courses at Shillito Park, Jacobson Park, and Veterans Park
*A public skate park at Woodland Park, featuring {{cvt|12000|sqft|m2|-2}} of "ramps, platforms, bowls, and pipes"<ref name="FunGuide2007"/>
*[[Triangle Park (Lexington)|Triangle Park]] in the heart of downtown Lexington.
*Gatton Park on the Town Branch, a $39&nbsp;million {{convert|10|acre|m2|adj=on}} private park in the center of downtown, will open in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2024 |title=Construction update on Lexington's new $39 million 'living room,' set to open in 2025 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/construction-lexington-39-million-living-110000212.html |access-date=February 11, 2024 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US |archive-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103193242/https://news.yahoo.com/construction-lexington-39-million-living-110000212.html |url-status=live }}</ref>