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.

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, 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
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Latitude

38.26581° or 38° 15′ 57″ north

Longitude

-85.73095° or 85° 43′ 51″ west

Elevation

443 feet (135 metres)

Open location code

86CP7789+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 24052059

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4311081

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