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The Land Between the Lakes site maintains a list of trail maps accessible to visitors. [19] Popular trails include Central Hardwoods Scenic Trail, an 11-mile pea-gravel path running east-west through the Land Between the Lakes; Canal Loop Trail, an 11-mile loop near the north visitors' station. Hematite Lake Trail, a looped dirt path 2 miles in ...
SR 461 ends at the southern boundary of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, but continues solely as the Trace. The recreation area is situated on an inland peninsula between Kentucky Lake (the Tennessee River) and Lake Barkley (the Cumberland River). [6]
It is situated in what is now the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, on a peninsula lying between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. These were manmade, formed by dams on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, respectively; the town lies 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of the latter lake. The two lakes isolate the peninsula from the rest of ...
Beast Between the Lakes. The Beast of the Land between the Lakes is said to look like a bipedal wolf, according to local radio station WKDZ, standing around 7 feet tall and “sporting clawed ...
The lakes run parallel courses for more than 50 miles (80 km), with the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area located between them. Lake Barkley is 134 miles (216 km) long with a shoreline measuring 1,004 miles (1,616 km). The lake's level is maintained at different levels throughout the year for flood control purposes.
Location Lake Barkley Bridge is a four-lane basket handle tied-arch bridge in western Kentucky carrying U.S. Route 68 , Kentucky Route 80 , and a multi-use path across Lake Barkley , permitting access from the east to the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area .
Albert Lea, c. 1862 The city is named after Albert Lea Lake, which was named after Albert Miller Lea, a topographer with the United States Dragoons, who surveyed southern Minnesota and northern Iowa in 1835, including the current site of Albert Lea. [8] Captain Nathan Boone, a son of Daniel Boone, was the scout for Lea's unit.
Lake Barkley Lock and Dam, impounding Lake Barkley. Barkley Dam is a dam along the Cumberland River in Kentucky.Its construction along with Kentucky Dam formed the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area (LBLNRA) by stopping the flow of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, forming Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake respectively.