Bluegrass Dive Club
Lexington, Kentucky

Falling Rock Park, LaGrange, Kentucky

Falling Rock Park is a former rock quarry located just outside of La Grange, Kentucky, in Oldham County. It is owned by the Joe Clark family and has been turned into a dive site which is open on Saturday and Sunday from May through October. Divers pay a fee of $15 per day, Sightseers pay $5 per day. The water is very clean for a quarry with visibility generally around 20+ feet. Water temperature in summer is great even without a wet suit in the top 15 to 20 feet. Below that you hit a thermal cline with an immediate 15 degree water temperature drop. I've been told there is a second thermal cline at about 40 to 45 feet deep with an additional temperature drop. I took their word for it and didn't seek to verify it! Quite a few fish, all looking to be fed. It's obvious divers have been pampering these fish for some time now.

There are a number of items sunk in the quarry for divers to locate. They include several small boats (see our page on the sinking of the [small] Titanic), a school bus and an old commode with a (fake) skeleton perched on it. There are several platforms at various depths. The Louisville Dive Center and New Horizons Diving shops both use this location for open water dive training, navigation training, etc.

Directions from Lexington:

I-64 West to Shelbyville, KY
State Rd 53 North thru Shelbyville and on to La Grange. Maybe 25 miles or so.
Follow 53 thru town. Turn left on first street after crossing railroad tracks.
Turn right on 4th street. Follow about 3 miles into the country. After you pass Joe Clark's Quarry (active one) you will see Falling Rock Park, retired quarry. Both on your right heading North. Click on the map below for a larger view.