Optimist Park

Optimist Park is a park in Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana which is located on Louise Street. Optimist Park is situated nearby to the church Sacred Heart of Jesus, as well as near Rolling Fields Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Howard Steamboat Museum and Warder Park.

Howard Steamboat Museum

Museum

Photo: Bedford, Public domain.

The Howard Steamboat Museum, or the Howard National Steamboat Museum, is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky. Housed in the Howard Family mansion, it features items related to steamboat history and specifically, the Howard Shipyards of Jeffersonville. Howard Steamboat Museum is situated 1¼ miles south of Optimist Park.

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. Warder Park is situated 2 miles southwest of Optimist Park.

Louisville WaterWorks Museum

Museum

Louisville WaterWorks Museum opened in the west wing of a renovated and restored interior of Pumping Station No. 1 on Zorn Avenue at 3005 River Road in Louisville, Kentucky overlooking the Ohio River. Louisville WaterWorks Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Optimist Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Fulton and Arctic Springs.

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.

Arctic Springs

Hamlet

Arctic Springs is a neighborhood of Jeffersonville, Indiana, one mile east of downtown Jeffersonville, and directly across from Louisville's famed Water Tower.

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.

Optimist Park

Type: Park
Address: 61 Louise Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47130
Category: recreation area
Location: Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.29557° or 38° 17′ 44″ north

Longitude

-85.72326° or 85° 43′ 24″ west

Open location code

86CP77WG+6M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 471312697

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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