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″ northLongitude
-85.72326° or 85° 43′ 24″ westOpen location code
86CP77WG+6MOpenStreetMap ID
way 471312697OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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