Beargrass Creek

Beargrass Creek is the name given to several forks of a creek in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Its watershed is one of the largest in the county, though it is fairly small.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Therese of Lisieux Church and Cave Hill Cemetery.

St. Therese of Lisieux Church

Church

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St. Therese of Lisieux Church is a historic Catholic church in Germantown, Louisville, Kentucky. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville.

Cave Hill Cemetery

Cemetery

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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.

Gnadinger Park

Park

Gnadinger Park is the smallest public park in Louisville, Kentucky. It is located in the Germantown neighborhood at the intersection of Reutlinger and Ellison Avenues.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Germantown and Clifton.

Germantown is a neighborhood three miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Germantown is also a general term for an area of Louisville from the Original Highlands to St Joseph and Bradley neighborhoods that were predominantly settled by Germans.

Clifton

Hamlet

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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.

The Highlands

Hamlet

The Highlands is an area in Louisville, Kentucky, which contains a high density of nightclubs, eclectic businesses, and many upscale and fast food restaurants.

Beargrass Creek

Type: Body of water
Also known as: “South Fork Beargrass Creek”
Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.23856° or 38° 14′ 19″ north

Longitude

-85.73185° or 85° 43′ 55″ west

Elevation

423 feet (129 metres)

Open location code

86CP67Q9+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 486639093

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

4308968

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