It is located at the Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area in Meade County, Kentucky, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of downtown Louisville along the Ohio River.

In 2010, the park was transferred to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources,[1] and it reopened in May 2011 as the Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area.

[2] The observatory has never closed; it remains operational to this day and is used by Jefferson Community and Technical College for education and research.

[4] The observatory was also the impetus behind, and provided funds and resources for, the "Fathers of Astronomy" exhibit in 2009 at the Frazier History Museum, which featured original works of Copernicus and Galileo.

The exhibit was a partnership between the museum, the college/observatory, and the University of Louisville's Ekstrom Library, and was a celebration of the International Year of Astronomy.