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About Charlestown, IN

Charlestown is a small river town in southern Indiana, just 15 miles north of Louisville via State Road 62. The main access is SR-62 west to I-65, with SR-3 running north-south through town. Most visitors arrive from the Louisville area for day trips, while locals commute south for work. The town sits in rolling Ohio Valley hills with typical Midwest weather patterns. Charlestown State Park preserves remnants of a massive WWII ammunition plant that once employed over 10,000 people.

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Charlestown, IN is in United States, at 38.427, -85.668 - about 29 km north of Druid Hills, KY.

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The closest airport to Charlestown, IN is Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, 39 km (about 36 min by car).

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