Falls of the Ohio
About this landmark
A two-mile, 24-foot natural drop in the Ohio River — the only natural obstacle to navigation along the river's entire 981-mile length. The reason Louisville exists. The Devonian fossil beds are 390 million years old.
From Wikipedia
Falls of the Ohio State Park
State park in Indiana, United States
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. The park is part of the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area. The exposed fossil beds of the Jeffersonville Limestone dated from the Devonian period are the main feature of the park, attracting about 160,000 visitors annually.
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Details
- Style
- Geological / Natural
- Period
- Pre-Colonial
- Era
- Ancient
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