Towhead Island
Towhead Island is an islet in Jefferson, Kentucky. Towhead Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Old Jeffersonville Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Clifton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include David Armstrong Extreme Park and Abraham Lincoln Bridge.
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.
Abraham Lincoln Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Censusdata, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Abraham Lincoln Bridge is a six-lane, single-deck cable-stayed bridge carrying northbound Interstate 65 across the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Warder Park
Park
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
Warder Park is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana on Court Avenue. This park has been a part of the community since the mid-19th century, when it had a bakery to produce hardtack to Union soldiers during the American Civil War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jeffersonville and Clifton.
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.
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.
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.
Towhead Island
- Type: Islet
- Also known as: “The Willow Bar” and “Willow Island”
- Categories: forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.26581° or 38° 15′ 57″ northLongitude
-85.73095° or 85° 43′ 51″ westElevation
443 feet (135 metres)Open location code
86CP7789+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 24052059OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4311081
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