Falls of the Ohio State Park
One of the world's largest exposed fossil beds, a 390-million-year-old coral reef on the Indiana bank of the river.
- Open
- Every day; fossil beds best when the river is low, late summer and fall
- Price
- Free; small fee for the interpretive center and parking
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- 201 W Riverside Dr, Clarksville, IN 47129Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- About 10 minutes by car across the river from downtown.
Why Go
The falls were the only rapids on the Ohio and the reason Louisville was founded. Lewis and Clark met here in 1803 before setting out west. The interpretive center explains the fossils.
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