Camp Taylor
Camp Taylor is a neighborhood and former military base six miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. First announced on June 11, 1917, it was originally a military camp named for former president Zachary Taylor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Also known as: “Camp Taylor, Louisville”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Butterfly gardening and Louisville Zoo.
Butterfly gardening
Nature reserve
Photo: Korall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butterfly gardening is a way to create, improve, and maintain habitat for lepidopterans including butterflies, skippers, and moths. Butterflies have four distinct life stages—egg, larva, chrysalis, and adult.
Louisville Zoo
Zoo
Photo: BlueShirtz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Louisville Zoological Gardens, commonly known as the Louisville Zoo, is a 134-acre zoo in Louisville, Kentucky, situated in the city's Poplar Level neighborhood.
Mega Cavern
The Mega Cavern is a former limestone mine in Louisville, Kentucky. It stretches under parts of the Watterson Expressway and the Louisville Zoo. Due to the mine's support structures, it is classified as a building and is the largest building in Kentucky.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prestonia and Audubon Park.
Prestonia
Hamlet
Prestonia is a neighborhood five miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Its boundaries are Preston Highway, Interstate 65, Interstate 264 and the Norfolk Southern Railway tracks.
Audubon Park
Village
Photo: Retired username, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Audubon Park is a home rule-class city in central Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,433 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,473 at the 2010 census.
Whitner
Hamlet
Whitner is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky located along Bishop Lane and Pinewood Road.
Camp Taylor
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.19563° or 38° 11′ 44″ northLongitude
-85.71552° or 85° 42′ 56″ westElevation
522 feet (159 metres)Open location code
86CP57WM+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 153699536OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Camp Taylor” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Camp Taylor”
- French: “Camp Taylor”
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Highlights include Belmar Baptist Church and Saint Luke United Methodist Church.
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