Tag Archive: Kentucky

Spring Sunrise – Ohio River – Louisville, Kentucky

Spring Sunrise - Ohio River - Louisville, Kentucky

Sunrise on the banks of the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky. Shot from the Second Street Bridge, the rising sun is reflected in the waters of the Ohio River as it rises above the John F Kennedy Memorial, and Abraham Lincoln Bridges of I-65. On the other side of the river is Jeffersonville, and Clarksville, Indiana.

Historic Boone Tunnel – Wilmore, Kentucky

Historic Boone Tunnel - Wilmore, Kentucky

The Historic Boone Tunnel is located along the Lexington to Harrodsburg road in Jessamine County Kentucky. Built in the 1870’s it provided a route through the Kentucky Palisades. The tunnel was abandoned in 1953 after the bridge that accompanied it, collapsed into the Kentucky River. Today, Hwy 68 crosses a new bridge, and route that bypasses the cliff the tunnel passes through

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.