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Elizabethtown, Kentucky: World's Largest Thumb Tack

An on-the-nose photo op publicizes a company with "tack" in its name. Certified by Guinness as the world's largest.

Tack Transit

Address:
1209 Freeman Lake Park Rd, Elizabethtown, KY
Directions:
Tack Transit. Northwest side of town. From US-31W, just south of its intersection with the Elizabethtown Bypass, turn east (no stoplight) at the entrance to Freeman Lake Park. Drive until just before you reach the trees; you'll see the tack on the left.
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World's Largest Thumb Tack.

World's Largest Thumb Tack (or Pushpin)

World's Largest Thumb Tack has been located in Elizabethtown since 2023. This is in the Guinness Book of World Records.

[Scott, 09/07/2025]

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