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Watterson Park Kentucky Map

Explore Watterson Park, Kentucky, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Watterson Park, Kentucky

How to Use This Watterson Park, Kentucky Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Watterson Park, Kentucky. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kentucky or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Watterson Park.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Watterson Park
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Jefferson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.192292
Longitude	-85.683294
Population	1,004
Density	269.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	40218
Area Code	502
County Seat	Louisville
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Watterson Park, Kentucky

Watterson Park is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,004. The population density is 269.2 people per km². Watterson Park is located at 38.1923°N, 85.6833°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Watterson Park is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40218.

Watterson Park occupies a stretch of level terrain where the land yields to the subtle, persistent presence of the South Fork Beargrass Creek. It lies 4.4 miles southwest of St. Matthews, KY (from St. Matthews, KY: bearing 216°T), and is situated 5.9 miles southeast of Louisville. The horizon remains broad and open, far removed from the distant shadows of the Appalachian Mountains, offering an expansive sky that holds the light of late afternoon in a pale, amber suspension. Within the immediate landscape, Barret Park provides a quiet, green anchor for the surrounding residential and commercial pockets, its grass catching the dew long after the morning sun has begun to warm the limestone-rich soil. The air here carries the faint, dry scent of inland plains, distinct from the dampness of larger bodies of water, and the ground maintains a steady, unremarkable flatness that defines the local topography.

Watterson Park emerged from the mid-twentieth-century push toward suburban development, evolving from rural tracts into a functional hub of industry and commerce that serves the broader metropolitan region. The economy relies on a mixture of light manufacturing and logistics, a pragmatic arrangement that keeps the pace of the day measured and industrious. While Crystal Lake remains a distant destination for those seeking a larger expanse of water, the local residents find their rhythm in the steady movement of traffic and the quiet solidity of their neighborhoods. History here is found not in grand monuments, but in the transition from open fields to the organized grid of modern enterprise, a transformation that reflects the quiet, persistent ambition of a region built on the practical needs of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Colonel Sanders Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 307° NW
Petersburg (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 128° SE
Louisville Zoo (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 311° NW
Walleroo Walkabout (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 308° NW
Lorikeet Landing (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 307° NW
Guanaco Area (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 305° NW
Snowy Owl Area (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 307° NW
Petting Zoo Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.4 mi, 312° NW
Butterfly Garden (Nature Reserve) — 1.6 mi, 310° NW
Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 325° NW
Norton Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 2.2 mi, 329° NW
Buechel Parcel (Local Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 086° E
Wyatt Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 2.3 mi, 330° NW
Daniel Boone statue (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 340° N
John B. Castleman Monument (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 332° NW
Broadbent Arena (Stadium) — 3.4 mi, 280° W
The Caravan (Theatre) — 3.5 mi, 328° NW
Muhammad Ali’s grave (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 332° NW
Village 8 (Cinema) — 3.9 mi, 044° NE
Col. Harland Sander’s grave (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 338° N
Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 339° N
Kentucky Derby Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 281° W
McNeely Lake (State Recreation Area) — 6.0 mi, 154° SE
E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 049° NE
Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 011° N
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 37.5 mi, 295° NW · 204k acres

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