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The 160,309-acre (649 km 2) lake is the largest artificial lake by surface area in the United States east of the Mississippi River, with 2,064 miles (3,322 km) of shoreline. Kentucky Lake has a flood storage capacity of 4,008,000 acre⋅ft (4.944 km 3), more than 2.5 times the next largest lake in the TVA system.
Rough River Lake. The Rough River Lake is a Y-shaped reservoir located in Breckinridge, Hardin, and Grayson counties in Kentucky, United States, about 70 miles southwest of Louisville. [1] This lake was created by the building of a dam, begun in 1955 and completed in 1961, 89.3 miles (143.7 km) above the connection between the Rough River and ...
Rough River Dam State Resort Park. / 37.61083°N 86.50472°W / 37.61083; -86.50472. Rough River Dam State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park encompassing 637 acres (258 ha) [ 1] on Rough River Lake in Grayson county. Rough River Dam of 1959, stretching 1,590 feet (480 m) across and 135 feet (41 m) high, creates Rough River Lake, a ...
Lake Cumberland is a reservoir in Clinton, Pulaski, Russell, Wayne, and Laurel, counties in Kentucky. [1] The primary reasons for its construction were a means for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power. Its shoreline measures 1,255 miles (2,020 km) and the lake covers 65,530 acres (265 km 2) at the maximum power pool elevation ...
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park located on the northern shore of Kentucky Lake in Marshall County. The park encompasses 1,351 acres (547 ha) and is one of the state's more popular resort parks. [ 2][ 3] The park features a convention center, 18-hole golf course, and lighted runway for light aircraft. [ 1]
Average depth. 22 ft (6.7 m) Max. depth. 47.56 ft (14.50 m) Surface elevation. 873 ft (266 m) [1] Cedar Creek Lake is a 784-acre (317 ha) reservoir in eastern Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA, between Stanford and Crab Orchard along U.S. Highway 150. Cedar Creek Lake is the second largest state-controlled lake in Kentucky.
Paris Landing State Park is an 841-acre (3.4 km 2) state park located on the western bank of Kentucky Lake in Buchanan, Henry County, Tennessee. [ 1] The park is located inland from the original site of Paris Landing which served steamboat traffic on the Tennessee River. The site is now under the waters of Kentucky Lake, which was created by ...
Nolin River Lake is a reservoir in Edmonson, Grayson, and Hart counties in Kentucky. It was impounded from the Nolin River by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. [2] The Nolin River dam was authorized in 1938 as part of a flood control act. The lake varies from 2,890 acres (11.7 km 2) in the winter to 5,795 acres (23.45 km 2) in ...