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Old Barn – Foggy Beckley Creek Park – Louisville – Kentucky

Old Barn - Foggy Beckley Creek Park - Louisville - Kentucky

A view of an old red barn, on a foggy fall morning. Part of Beckley Creek Park, south of Louisville, Kentucky. Beckley Creek Park is one of five interconnected nature parks (known as the Parklands) that stretch along Floyds Fork, a 62-mile long tributary of the Salt River on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. Including Beckley, the five parks are: Pope Lick, Broad Run, Turkey Run, and the Strand, comprising more than 4,000 acres. After Jefferson Memorial Forest, it is the largest nature park in Louisville.

Jeffersontown, Kentucky Railroad Bridge Sign

Jeffersontown, Kentucky Railroad Bridge Sign

A sign along Taylorsville Road, advertising the city of Jeffersontown across the underside of a railroad bridge. Jeffersontown is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 26,595 at the 2010 U.S. census. A major suburb of Louisville, Jeffersontown retained its status as independent city when the Louisville Metro government formed in 2003. Louisville is Kentucky’s largest city, with a metro area population of 1,395,855 in 2020.