Beargrass Creek
Beargrass Creek is the name given to several forks of a creek in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Beargrass Creek watershed is one of the largest in the county, draining over 60 square miles of land, and occasionally flood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include David Armstrong Extreme Park and Kentucky School for the Blind.
David Armstrong Extreme Park
Park
The David Armstrong Extreme Park, formerly called the Louisville Extreme Park, is a 40,000 square foot public skatepark located near downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States, in the Butchertown neighborhood.
Kentucky School for the Blind
School
The Kentucky School for the Blind is an educational facility for blind and visually impaired students from Kentucky who are aged up to 21. The school provides a dormitory setting for its students.
Cave Hill Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Carptrash, Public domain.
Cave Hill Cemetery is a 296-acre Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at Louisville, Kentucky. Its main entrance is on Baxter Avenue and there is a secondary one on Grinstead Drive.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifton and Jeffersonville.
Clifton
Hamlet
Photo: Angry Aspie, CC BY 3.0.
Clifton is a neighborhood east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, US. Clifton was named because of its hilly location on the Ohio River valley escarpment. Clifton is bounded by I-64, N Ewing Ave, Brownsboro Road, and Mellwood Ave.
Jeffersonville
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
Jeffersonville, often called "Jeff" by locals, is the county seat of Clark County in Southern Indiana, located on the opposite side of the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky and connected to Louisville by the Kennedy, Lincoln, and Lewis and Clark Bridges.
Port Fulton
Hamlet
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
Port Fulton was a town located two miles up the river from Louisville, within present-day Jeffersonville, Indiana. At its height it stretched from the Ohio River to modern-day 10th Street, and from Crestview to Jefferson/Main Streets. Port Fulton is situated 1½ miles north of Beargrass Creek.
Beargrass Creek
- Type: Body of water
- Description: stream in Kentucky, United States of America
- Category: stream
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.25984° or 38° 15′ 35″ northLongitude
-85.72202° or 85° 43′ 19″ westElevation
427 feet (130 metres)Open location code
86CP775H+W5OpenStreetMap ID
way 825133450OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
“Beargrass Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Beargrass Creek”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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