Moving from Salt Lake City to Louisville?
- 1,399 mi Distance
- 23 hr 19 min Drive time
- 1.4M Louisville metro
- 188 Sun days/year
Things you'll want to know about your new city.
Bookmark this page — these are the icons of Louisville, organized by what kind of day you're planning.
Outdoors & Recreation
- Waterfront Park / Big Four Bridge — 85 acres on Ohio River; pedestrian bridge to Indiana
Culture & Arts
- Churchill Downs — Home of Kentucky Derby (first Saturday in May since 1875)
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory — Tour bat factory; 120-foot bat outside; bat-making since 1884
- Muhammad Ali Center — Museum honoring Louisville-born champion
- Kentucky Derby Museum — Adjacent to Churchill Downs; horse-racing history
- Frazier History Museum / Bourbon Trail Welcome Center — Official starting point of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
- Speed Art Museum — Kentucky's largest art museum, on UofL campus
- Bourbon distilleries — Angel's Envy, Old Forester, Evan Williams downtown; full Bourbon Trail starts here
Family-Friendly
- Louisville Mega Cavern — 100-acre underground former limestone mine — tours, zip-lines, ropes course
- Louisville Zoo — 134 acres; Glacier Run polar bear exhibit
Louisville's essential restaurants.
The dining list every Louisville resident knows by heart. Save the spots, work through them.
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Jack Fry's Southern American Highlands
Louisville institution since 1933; jazz, oysters, country ham
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Lilly's Bistro Modern Southern Highlands
Kathy Cary; James Beard nominee multiple times
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Proof on Main Modern American Downtown (21c Hotel)
Inside 21c Museum Hotel; bourbon-forward menu
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Decca American NuLu
Wood-fired in 1870s building; underground bar
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Anoosh Bistro Mediterranean-American St. Matthews
Anoosh Shariat; James Beard semifinalist
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Mayan Cafe Yucatecan Mexican NuLu
Bruce Ucán; sustainable, James Beard nominee
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Hammerheads Sandwiches/American Schnitzelburg
Lamb-shank sandwich legend in tiny converted house
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Mussel & Burger Bar Belgian/American St. Matthews
Belgian moules-frites, craft burgers, beer
What daily life feels like in Louisville.
Climate
Humid subtropical. Hot, humid summers (68-87°F). Cold winters (28-44°F) with occasional snow/ice. Spring tornado-prone. 45 inches rainfall, 12 inches snow, 188 sun days.
- Summer68-87°F
- Winter28-44°F
- Sun days/yr188
- Rainfall45 inches
Walkability
- Walk Score35/100
- Transit Score28/100
- Bike Score51/100
Louisville is car-dependent — most errands require driving.
Outdoors & Recreation
- Cherokee Park — 409 acres, designed by Olmsted (Central Park designer)
- Big Four Bridge / Waterfront Park — pedestrian bridge to Indiana
- Iroquois Park — 739 acres with hilltop overlook
- Bernheim Forest (40 min south) — 16,000 acres, Forest Giants sculptures
- Ohio River — kayaking, paddleboarding
- Red River Gorge (2 hr east) — climbing, hiking, arches
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