Griffy Lake, Bloomington

Name: Griffy Lake
Address: Bloomington, United States

#47 among attractions in Bloomington

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Griffy Reservoir, commonly known as Lake Griffy, is a reservoir in the city of Bloomington, Indiana. Created by a dam on Griffy Creek in the 1920s, the reservoir used to serve as the main source of drinking water for Bloomington for several decades, until that role was taken over by the larger Lake Lemon and Lake Monroe in the 1950s. ()

Coordinates: 39°12'0"N, 86°31'60"W

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Blue RidgeBloomington United States

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Griffy Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Assembly Hall, Memorial Stadium, Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Mathers Museum of World Cultures.

1.4 miSE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Assembly Hall, Bloomington
37 min walk • Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, formerly named and still commonly referred to as Assembly Hall, is a 17,222-seat arena on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
1.4 miS
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Memorial Stadium, Bloomington
36 min walk • Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. It is primarily used for football, and has been the home of Indiana Hoosiers football since its opening in 1960. It is the tenth largest stadium in the Big Ten Conference, with a capacity of 52,626.
2.1 miS
Museum, History museum, Archaeological museum
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Bloomington
54 min walk • The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology is an archaeology research center and museum located in Bloomington, Indiana. It was dedicated in honor of Indiana's first professional archaeologist Glenn A. Black.
2.1 miS
39°10'12"N • 86°31'34"W
Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Bloomington
54 min walk • Museum, History museum, Art gallery
2.1 miS
Library
The Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Collection, Bloomington
54 min walk • The Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Collection is housed within the James H. Kellar Library of the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology in Bloomington, Indiana, and contains documents and other scholarly materials gathered by Wheeler-Voegelin, a pioneer in ethnohistory, in the 1950s.
2.1 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
Second Baptist Church, Bloomington
55 min walk • Second Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It was designed by noted African-American architect Samuel Plato and built in 1913. It is a one-story, "L"-plan, Romanesque Revival style stone building on a raised basement.
2.2 miSE
39°10'16"N • 86°31'0"W
Herman B Wells Library, Bloomington
56 min walk • Library
2.2 miS
Greek Revival architecture
Elias Abel House, Bloomington
56 min walk • The Elias Abel House is a historic building in western Bloomington, Indiana, United States. Built in the Greek Revival style in 1845, it was once the grand home of one of Bloomington's leading citizens.
2.1 miS
Greek Revival architecture
Millen-Chase-McCalla House, Bloomington
54 min walk • Millen-Chase-McCalla House, also known as the Topolgus Building, is a historic home located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. The original section was built in 1844, and now forms the two-story brick rear wing. The two-story, brick main section was added in 1854, to form a two-thirds I-house.
2.1 miS
Greek Revival architecture
Cochran–Helton–Lindley House, Bloomington
54 min walk • Cochran–Helton–Lindley House, also known as the Helton–Lindley House and James Cochran House, is a historic home located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It was built in 1849–1850, and is a two-story, five-bay, "L"-shaped, Greek Revival style brick dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell with an enclosed two-story porch.
2.1 miS
39°10'14"N • 86°31'28"W
Collins Library, Bloomington
54 min walk • Library