Jeffersonville Attractions. Jeffersonville Tourism and kids attractions

Kart Kountry: lots more than just go-carts
Kart Kountry Family Entertainment Center, located just 19 miles south of downtown Louisville, boasts not just a go-cart track longer than 1.5 miles, but also an 18-hole miniature golf course, bumper boats, all-new batting cages, basketball, an arcade and more.

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Louisville Mega Cavern: an underground adventure

Louisville Mega Cavern: an underground adventure
One top attraction in Louisville is actually way under ground. About 100 feet below the grounds of the Louisville Zoo lies a cavernous excavation created by continuous limestone quarrying from 1930 to 1972. All of the stone the miners blasted out over those 42 years would have been enough to build all three of Egypt's great pyramids! Now, after two years of preparation, the cavern offers tours to visitors.

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Churchill Downs: Louisville's horse racing icon

Churchill Downs: Louisville's horse racing icon
No visit to Louisville is complete without a visit to Churchill Downs — the most famous racetrack in the world. Racing fans easily recognize the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby since 1875.

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Sky Trail High Adventure: zoo excitement on a new level

Sky Trail High Adventure: zoo excitement on a new level
A trip to the Louisville Zoo is always something of an adventure. A new attraction, open March 24-Sept. 15, will add a different level of excitement. The will provide a fun, safe, family activity where participants navigate across a two-story high challenge course — while safely secured and tethered with a full-body harness and lanyard to an overhead tracking system.

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Belle of Louisville: a real paddlewheel plies the Ohio

Belle of Louisville: a real paddlewheel plies the Ohio
Take a cruise on the Ohio River the way the way passengers have for nearly a century: on a steamboat with a real paddle wheel. From late May until late October, the Belle of Louisville cruises eastward on the Ohio River for daytime and evening cruises.

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Westport Village: eclectic shopping in a cozy community

Westport Village: eclectic shopping in a cozy community
Westport Village — with its clusters of shops, pleasant lanes and half-timbered Tudor architecture — brings a charming shopping enclave to Westport Road between Herr Lane and Lyndon Lane.

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Derby Dinner Playhouse sets stage for a great time

Derby Dinner Playhouse sets stage for a great time
Each year, thousands of patrons enjoy Derby Dinner Playhouse, which has been combining delicious food and fine entertainment in Clarksville, Ind., since 1974.

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Speed Art Museum offers a lot for a tiny price

Speed Art Museum offers a lot for a tiny price
Visitors to Kentucky's oldest and largest art museum, the Speed Art Museum, can peruse its permanent collections, ranging from a 6,000-year-old earthenware jar from Upper Egypt to up-to-date post-modern canvases, for absolutely free.

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Mr. Ghost Walker tours Louisville's most haunted

Mr. Ghost Walker tours Louisville's most haunted
Find out the ghost tales and haunted histories behind some of Louisville's most famous landmarks through a 90-minute walk with Mr. Ghost Walker.

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Mammoth Cave National Park: world wonder right in Kentucky

Mammoth Cave National Park: world wonder right in Kentucky
Mammoth Cave National Park, a mere 90 minutes from downtown Louisville, gives visitors the chance to explore a piece of American history, view the natural wonders of the unique cave system below ground or enjoy the beauty of the forests and rivers above ground.

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