Colonel Sanders Museum

Colonel Sanders Museum is a museum in Jefferson, Kentucky. Colonel Sanders Museum is situated nearby to Mega Cavern, as well as near the hamlet Whitner.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Louisville Zoo and Butterfly gardening.

Louisville Zoo

Park

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. Louisville Zoo is situated 3,700 feet northwest of Colonel Sanders Museum.

Butterfly gardening

Nature reserve

Butterfly gardening

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.

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. Mega Cavern is situated 2,600 feet west of Colonel Sanders Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitner and Camp Taylor.

Whitner

Hamlet

Whitner is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky located along Bishop Lane and Pinewood Road.

Camp Taylor

Hamlet

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.

Strathmoor Manor

Village

Strathmoor Manor is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 337 at the 2010 census. The city is characterized by tree-lined streets and wide setbacks.

Colonel Sanders Museum

Type: Museum
Address: KY
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.19939° or 38° 11′ 58″ north

Longitude

-85.69522° or 85° 41′ 43″ west

Elevation

472 feet (144 metres)

Open location code

86CP58X3+QW

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

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