LaPorte Park

LaPorte Park is a park in Jefferson, Kentucky which is located on Bank Street. LaPorte Park is situated nearby to Louisville Engine 6 Fire Station, as well as near Portland Museum.

Opening hours: 6:00 AM—11:00 PM
Type: Park
Address: 2529 Bank Street, Louisville, KY 40212

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portland Museum and Boone Square.

Portland Museum

Museum

Photo: Censusdata, CC BY 3.0.

The Portland Museum is a neighborhood history and art museum in Louisville, Kentucky. It details the history of the Portland neighborhood both as an independent town in the early 1800s and after Portland's amalgamation into Louisville after the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal. Portland Museum is situated 620 feet east of LaPorte Park.

Boone Square

Park

Boone Square is one of the Frederick Law Olmsted parks in Louisville, Kentucky. It is also one of the smaller ones, one full city block in size. In the middle of Louisville's working-class Portland neighborhood, it is bordered by 19th St. on the west, Duncan St. on the south, 20th St. on the east and Rowan St. on the north.

Ohio Falls Station

Electrical generator

Ohio Falls Station is a hydroelectric power station owned by Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities which is located three miles west of Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Ohio Falls Station is situated 1 mile northeast of LaPorte Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Russell and Portland.

Russell

Neighborhood

Russell is a neighborhood immediately west of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. It is nicknamed "Louisville's Harlem". It was named for renowned African American educator and Bloomfield, Kentucky native, Harvey Clarence Russell Sr.

Portland

Hamlet

Portland is a historic district, neighborhood and former independent town northwest of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is situated along a bend of the Ohio River just below the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area, where the river curves to the north and then to the south, thus placing Portland at the northern tip of urban Louisville.

Louisville

Photo: Quadell, CC BY 3.0.

Louisville, the largest city in Kentucky, is known for the Kentucky Derby horserace and as the "gateway to the south" from southern Indiana. It's a lively mid-sized city with an excellent dining scene, ample opportunities for bourbon tasting, and interesting public art.

LaPorte Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.26953° or 38° 16′ 10″ north

Longitude

-85.78865° or 85° 47′ 19″ west

Operator

Louisville Metro Parks and Recreation

Open location code

86CP7696+RG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 956180847

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Highlights include Louisville Engine 6 Fire Station and Love of God Baptist Church.

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