Falls of the Ohio State Park is a state park in Indiana. It is located on the riverfront of Clarksville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky. State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ... State nickname: The Hoosier State Other U.S. States Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Governor Mitch Daniels (R) Official languages English Area 94,321 km² (38th) - Land 92,897 km² - Water 1,424 km² (1. ...
The main feature is the fossil beds dated from the Devonian period.
Unlike other Indiana State Parks, Annual Permits do not allow free access to the museum, as museum fees are still needed to pay off the town of Clarksville for building it.
The Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area is a national, bi-state area on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky in the United States, administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The falls were a series of rapids formed by the relatively recent erosion of the Ohio River operating on 386 million-year-old Devonian hard limestone rock shelves.
In 1990, a section of the area in Indiana became the Falls of the OhioStatePark.
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