Crescent Hill
Crescent Hill is a neighborhood four miles east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. This area was originally called "Beargrass" because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek.Photo: Angry Aspie, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 495 feet
- Description: human settlement in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Also known as: “Crescent Hill, Louisville”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Louisville Free Public Library, Crescent Hill Branch and Cave Hill Cemetery.
Louisville Free Public Library, Crescent Hill Branch
Library
Photo: Zepfanman.com, CC BY 2.0.
The Crescent Hill Branch Library, constructed in 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, was one of the first of nine Carnegie-endowed libraries built in Louisville, and is a branch of the Louisville Free Public Library.
Cave Hill Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Carptrash, Public domain.
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.
Mid-City Mall
Shopping center
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Mid City Mall is a shopping mall in Louisville, Kentucky's Highlands area. While called a mall, and containing an enclosed shopping area, it has features atypical of suburban American malls, such as a comedy club, bar, grocery store and public library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jeffersonville and Saint Matthews.
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.
Saint Matthews
Photo: Angry Aspie, CC BY 3.0.
St. Matthews is a city in the Kentucky Derby Region, part of metro Louisville with an approximate population of 15,000.
Louisville
Louisville, the largest city in Kentucky, is known for the Kentucky Derby horserace and as the "gateway to the south" from southern Indiana. It's a lively mid-sized city with an excellent dining scene, ample opportunities for bourbon tasting, and interesting public art.
Crescent Hill
- Categories: neighborhood, historic district, and landform
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.2559° or 38° 15′ 21″ northLongitude
-85.7011° or 85° 42′ 4″ westElevation
495 feet (151 metres)Open location code
86CP774X+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 358586228OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q5184374
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In Other Languages
“Crescent Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Crescent Hill”
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