Jefferson Memorial Forest
Jefferson Memorial Forest is a forest located in southwest Louisville, Kentucky, in the Knobs region of Kentucky. At 6,676 acres, it is one of the largest municipal urban forests in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Valley Traditional High School and Waverly Hills Sanatorium.
Valley Traditional High School
School
Valley High School is a high school in the Valley Station area of Louisville, Kentucky. Valley became a "traditional" school in 1999 in an attempt to boost enrollment after it had fallen to 63% of capacity.
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Hospital building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium located in the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis – known as the "White Plague" – which prompted the construction of a new hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Valley Station and Pleasure Ridge Park.
Valley Station
Hamlet
Valley Station, Kentucky is a former census-designated place in southwestern Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 22,946 at the 2000 census.
Pleasure Ridge Park
Hamlet
Pleasure Ridge Park is a former census-designated place in southwest Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 26,212 at the 2010 census.
Prairie Village
Hamlet
Prairie Village is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, composed of a series of subdivisions and farms centered on the intersection of Third Street Road, Valley Station Road, and Stonestreet Road.
Jefferson Memorial Forest
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.0924° or 38° 5′ 33″ northLongitude
-85.8503° or 85° 51′ 1″ westOperator
Louisville Parks and RecreationOpen location code
86CP34RX+XVOpenStreetMap ID
way 495252425OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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