McConnell Springs Park

McConnell Springs Park was created for its natural assets and historical significance to Lexington. , This 26-acre park contains a wide variety of plant life as well as wildlife. Walking through the trails you may have the opportunity to observe various birds, as well as small mammals and reptiles. You will have the chance to stand beside the massive bur oak present when this land was first claimed by William McConnell. , The first spring you discover, the Blue Hole, is the spring near which William McConnell and his fellow frontiersmen camped in 1775. This group chose the name of "Lexington” for the future town they intended to establish in the area in honor of the recent Revolutionary War battle at Lexington, Massachusetts. , Since that time the area and its resources have been used for agriculture, gunpowder production, Bourbon production, dairy farming, trotting horses and as a dump. In 1994 the land was purchased through funding by the Friends of McConnell Springs and donated to the city to be developed into a Natural Area and Historic Park recognized by the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. , Please, enjoy your visit. , Funded in part by the Friends of McConnel1 Springs and the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky