Mount Washington, KY Local Area Information

Located in southwest Louisville, Jefferson Memorial Forest is the nation's largest municipal urban forest. The forest has more than 35 miles of hiking trails ranging from an easy, paved 10-minute loop to a 6.2-mile trail. Visitors can fish in Tom Wallace Lake, and tent camping is available in the Horine Reservation, located near the hiking trails. read more about Jefferson Memorial Forest (read more)

The Louisville Zoo is not just for animal-watching. Feed the birds nectar at Lorikeet Landing, pet a wallaby or wallaroo (and learn the difference) in the Wallaroo Walkabout, and watch the seal and sea lion training demonstrations at Glacier Run. And if watching a giraffe bend and twist itself over a fence to munch on green leaves isn't enough entertainment, check out the splash park (open seasona... (read more)

In Louisville, you can visit the grave of Patty Smith Hill, one of the sisters responsible for writing the "Happy Birthday" song, at Cavehill Cemetery; you can also visit Little Loomhouse, where the sisters first sang the song at a birthday party. Little Loomhouse consists of three cabins (all three are on the National Register of Historic Places) that served as Master Weaver Lou Tate's home, stor... (read more)