Licking River
The Licking River is a partly navigable, 303-mile-long tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the region of northeastern Kentucky between the watersheds of the Kentucky River to the west and the Big Sandy River to the east.
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky in the United States
- Also known as: “Fredericks River”, “Fredricks River”, “Great Salt Creek”, “Great Salt Lick Creek”, “Great Salt Lick River”, “Nepepimmesepe”, and “reka Licking”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Great American Ball Park and General James Taylor Park.
Great American Ball Park
Stadium
General James Taylor Park
Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Licking Riverside Historic District and Cincinnati.
Licking River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Kenton, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.09173° or 39° 5′ 30″ north
Longitude
-84.50355° or 84° 30′ 13″ west
Elevation
449 feet (137 metres)
Open location code
86FQ3FRW+MH
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Licking River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ليكينغ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Licking”
- Catalan: “Licking”
- Cebuano: “Licking River”
- Chinese: “利金河”
- Danish: “Licking River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليكينج”
- French: “Licking”
- Irish: “Abhainn Licking”
- Japanese: “リッキング川”
- Mingrelian: “ლიკინგი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ლიკინგი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Licking”
- Norwegian: “Licking”
- Polish: “Licking River”
- Russian: “Ликинг”
- Slovenian: “Licking (reka Kentucky)”
- Slovenian: “Licking”
- Venetian: “Licking”
- Vietnamese: “sông Licking”
- Welsh: “Afon Licking”
- Wu Chinese: “利金河 (肯塔基州)”
- Wu Chinese: “利金河（肯塔基州）”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Downtown Cincinnati and Lytle Park Historic District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fourth Street Bridge and Central Bridge.
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Worth a closer look: Frankfort and Louisville.
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