E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park, Louisville

Name: E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park
Address: Louisville, United States

#36 among attractions in Louisville

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E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park is a 550-acre Kentucky state park located in the Freys Hill area of Louisville, Kentucky, on former land of Kentucky's Central State Hospital. When opened in 1974, it was named in honor of Republican Jefferson County Judge/Executive Erbon Powers "Tom" Sawyer who was killed in a car accident on Louisville's Interstate 64 in 1969 while still in office. Sawyer was the father of journalist Diane Sawyer. ()

Opened: 1974 (50 years ago)Elevation: 682 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 38°16'55"N, 85°33'29"W

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E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mall St. Matthews, Paddock Shops, Oxmoor Center, Walden School.

4.3 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Mall St. Matthews, Louisville
110 min walk • Mall St. Matthews, formerly known as The Mall, is a Louisville, Kentucky shopping mall located at 5000 Shelbyville Road in the eastern suburb of St. Matthews.
2.1 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Paddock Shops, Louisville
54 min walk • The Paddock Shops is a shopping complex in the east end of Louisville, Kentucky USA, billed as a lifestyle center. Originally known as The Summit of Louisville, it is currently owned by Boston-based CPT Capital Management and managed by Chicago-based Fairbourne Properties.
3.7 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Oxmoor Center, Louisville
96 min walk • Oxmoor Center is a Louisville, Kentucky shopping mall located at 7900 Shelbyville Road in eastern Louisville.
4.6 miW
Universities and schools
Walden School, Louisville
117 min walk • Walden School is a nonprofit private school in Louisville, Kentucky. Walden School offers Kindergarten through twelfth grade education. It is the 11th largest K-8 private school in Louisville.
4.6 miW
Cemetery
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville
118 min walk • Zachary Taylor National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at 4701 Brownsboro Road, in Louisville, Kentucky.
3.8 miS
Church
Southeast Christian Church, Louisville
96 min walk • Southeast Christian Church is an evangelical megachurch of the Christian churches denomination based in Louisville, Kentucky. As of 2019, it is the fourth-largest church in the United States.
6.1 miSW
Golf
Big Spring Country Club, Louisville
156 min walk • Big Spring Country Club is a country club located in Louisville Metro. Prior to the 2003 city-county merger, the club's location was in an unincorporated part of Jefferson County, Kentucky, bordered by Louisville and St. Matthews.
4.6 miS
38°13'9"N • 85°31'42"W
Malibu Jack's Louisville, Louisville
118 min walk • Amusement, Amusement park, Game and entertainment center
3.6 miSW
Village, Neighbourhood
Warwick Village, Louisville
92 min walk • Warwick Village is a neighborhood located in Louisville, Kentucky. Warwick Village is just outside the Watterson Expressway and part of the City of St. Matthews, Its boundaries are roughly New La Grange Rd, Washburn Ave, and Columbia Ave.
2.7 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Middletown United Methodist Church, Louisville
70 min walk • The Middletown United Methodist Church is a historic church at Madison and Main Streets in Middletown, Kentucky. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The church was established in 1800.
1.4 miSE
Church
Presbyterian Manse, Louisville
36 min walk • The Presbyterian Manse near Anchorage, Kentucky is a historic Presbyterian church residence, associated with the Anchorage Presbyterian Church. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.