Thistlethwaite Falls

Thistlethwaite Falls is a waterfall in Wayne Township, Indiana. Thistlethwaite Falls is situated near the village Spring Grove, as well as near Springwood Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Wayne County Courthouse and Richmond Art Museum.

Wayne County Courthouse

Public building

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

The Wayne County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Richmond, Indiana. It was built during the period 1890–93, and is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Wayne County Courthouse is situated 1¼ miles south of Thistlethwaite Falls.

Richmond Art Museum

Museum

Photo: William Merritt Chase, Public domain.

The Richmond Art Museum was founded in 1898 as the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana. Artist John Elwood Bundy and author and attorney William Dudley Foulke were instrumental in the founding. Richmond Art Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Thistlethwaite Falls.

Richmond Downtown Historic District

Protected area

Photo: Recline, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Richmond Downtown Historic District is an area of primarily commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Indiana. The district encompasses 47 contributing buildings located along the National Road. Richmond Downtown Historic District is situated 1¼ miles south of Thistlethwaite Falls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spring Grove and Richmond.

Spring Grove

Village

Spring Grove is a town in Wayne Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 332 at the 2020 census.

Richmond

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Richmond is a city in Central Indiana. It was founded by Carolina Quakers in 1806. Known as the "cradle of recorded jazz" or formerly as the Rose City for its rose cultivation, it has the honor of having had the first complete high school orchestra in the…

Chester

Hamlet

Chester is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Chester is situated 3 miles north of Thistlethwaite Falls.

Thistlethwaite Falls

Type: Waterfall
Category: body of water
Location: Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.84723° or 39° 50′ 50″ north

Longitude

-84.89786° or 84° 53′ 52″ west

Open location code

86FQR4W2+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 390598673

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Springwood Park and Mt Olive Baptist Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Fairview Elementary and Smile Time Kids.

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