Falls of the Ohio - Falls of Ohio SP, Indiana
N 38° 16.507 W 085° 46.168
16S E 607634 N 4237056
Located in the Falls of the Ohio State Park. While the State Park is Indiana the actual falls is in Kentucky.
Waymark Code: WMTQK3
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2016
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This is the only visible occurrence of a waterfall along the entire 981 mile length of the Ohio River. The limestone ledge and waterfall roughly halfway down the 'Falls Of The Ohio's' 2.5 mile length. The majority of the 26 foot drop in elevation occurs here.
The Falls is where the river dropped 26 feet (7.9 m) in a stretch of about 2 miles (3.2 km). In this area, the river flowed over hard, fossil-rich beds of limestone.