Highlands Park
Highlands Park is a park in Fayette, Kentucky. Highlands Park is situated nearby to Highlands Baptist Church, as well as near the neighborhood Speigle Heights.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include John Hunt Morgan Memorial and Ladies’ Confederate Memorial.
John Hunt Morgan Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The John Hunt Morgan Memorial in Lexington, Kentucky, is a monument created during the Jim Crow era, as a tribute to Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, who was from Lexington and is buried in Lexington Cemetery. John Hunt Morgan Memorial is situated 2 miles south of Highlands Park.
Ladies’ Confederate Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
The Ladies' Confederate Memorial is an American Civil War monument erected in 1874 in Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS. Ladies’ Confederate Memorial is situated 2½ miles south of Highlands Park.
John C. Breckinridge Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
The John C. Breckinridge Memorial, originally on the courthouse lawn of Lexington, Kentucky, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS. John C. Breckinridge Memorial is situated 2½ miles south of Highlands Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Speigle Heights and Woodward Heights.
Speigle Heights
Neighborhood
Speigle Heights is a neighborhood just northwest of downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It is sometimes referred to as Irishtown. Its boundaries are Manchester Street to the north, Pine Street to the east, High Street/Versailles Road to the south, and Forbes Road to the west. Speigle Heights is situated 2½ miles south of Highlands Park.
Woodward Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodward Heights is a neighborhood and historic district located immediately west of downtown Lexington, Kentucky. It is bounded by Maxwell Street and the Pleasant Green Hill neighborhood to the southwest, by the parking lot for Rupp Arena to the southeast, by the Lexington Convention Center property to the northeast, and by Herlihy, Cox, and High Streets to the north. Woodward Heights is situated 3 miles south of Highlands Park.
Lexington
Lexington is the second largest city in Kentucky, located in the Bluegrass Region. Known as the Horse Capital of the World, Lexington has traditionally been dominated by the horse industry and is also heavily influenced by the University of Kentucky, the state's flagship university and the largest employer in the city.
Highlands Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Fayette, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.09115° or 38° 5′ 28″ northLongitude
-84.50694° or 84° 30′ 25″ westOpen location code
86CQ3FRV+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 894300789OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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