Big Bone Creek
Big Bone Creek is a stream in Boone, Kentucky. Big Bone Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Hamilton, as well as near the village Patriot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Big Bone Lick State Park.
Big Bone Lick State Park
Park
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Big Bone Lick State Park is located at Big Bone in Boone County, Kentucky. The name of the park comes from the Pleistocene megafauna fossils found there. Big Bone Lick State Park is situated 2½ miles northeast of Big Bone Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hamilton and Big Bone.
Hamilton
Hamlet
Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It is situated at Latitude 38.88333, Longitude -84.78167, in the southern part of the county on the Ohio River; it is about a mile north of the mouth of Big Bone Creek. Hamilton is situated 2 miles north of Big Bone Creek.
Big Bone
Hamlet
Big Bone is an unincorporated community in southern Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It is bounded on the west by the Ohio River, and Rabbit Hash, on the south by Big Bone Creek, which empties into the river at Big Bone Landing. Big Bone is situated 2½ miles northeast of Big Bone Creek.
Gurley Corner
Hamlet
Gurley Corner is an unincorporated community in Posey Township, Switzerland County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Gurley Corner is situated 4½ miles west of Big Bone Creek.
Big Bone Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Big Bone Lick Creek”, “Bigbone Creek”, and “Northfork Big Bone Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Boone, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.85423° or 38° 51′ 15″ northLongitude
-84.77745° or 84° 46′ 39″ westElevation
459 feet (140 metres)Open location code
86CQV63F+M2GeoNames ID
4284204
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Satellite Map
Discover Big Bone Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Patriot and Hume.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alphin Cemetery and Big Bone Island.
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