Old Clarksville Site, Louisville

Name: Old Clarksville Site
Address: Louisville, United States

#57 among attractions in Louisville

Archaeological site

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Facts and practical information

The Old Clarksville Site is along the waterfront of Clarksville, Indiana, roughly between the Interpretive Center and Clark Homesite of Falls of the Ohio State Park. Officially its address is restricted by the National Register, as much of it is on private property where there is no public access to the Ohio River. ()

Built: 1784 (240 years ago)Coordinates: 38°17'13"N, 85°46'34"W

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ClarksvilleLouisville United States

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Old Clarksville Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Portland Museum, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Ohio River, Falls of the Ohio State Park.

1.3 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum
Portland Museum, Louisville
35 min walk • 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 Portland Canal.
1.2 miE
Concerts and shows, Entertainment, Theater
Derby Dinner Playhouse, Clarksville
31 min walk • Derby Dinner Playhouse is a dinner theatre located in Clarksville, Indiana, that opened in 1974. The Derby is the only dinner theatre in the Louisville, Kentucky, area and in southern Indiana.
0.9 miS
Waterfall, Nature, Natural attraction
Ohio River, Louisville
25 min walk • The Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area is a national, bi-state area on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky in the United States, administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Federal status was awarded in 1981. The falls were designated a National Natural Landmark in 1966.
1 miSE
38°16'32"N • 85°45'49"W
Falls of the Ohio State Park, Clarksville
27 min walk • State park, Geologic formation, Park
1.4 miSE
Bridge
Fourteenth Street Bridge, Louisville
35 min walk • The Fourteenth Street Bridge, also known as the Ohio Falls Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge, Conrail Railroad Bridge or Louisville and Indiana Bridge, is a truss drawbridge that spans the Ohio River, between Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Indiana.
1 miSE
Locality
Falls of the Ohio State Park
27 min walk • Falls of the Ohio State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is located on the banks of the Ohio River at Clarksville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky.
1.1 miSW
Dam
McAlpine Locks and Dam, Louisville
28 min walk • The McAlpine Locks and Dam are a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. They are located at mile point 606.8, and control a 72.9 miles long navigation pool.
1.1 miSE
38°16'48"N • 85°45'27"W
Colgate Park, Louisville
29 min walk • Park
1.4 miNE
38°18'3"N • 85°45'28"W
Clarksville Little League Fields, Clarksville
35 min walk • Baseball field, Park
0.8 miS
Town, Island
Shippingport, Louisville
22 min walk • Shippingport, Kentucky is an industrial site and one of the six formerly independent settlements at the Falls of the Ohio in what is now Louisville, Kentucky.