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The Barren River [1] is a 135-mile-long (217 km) river in Southcentral Kentucky, United States, and a tributary of the Green River. [2] The watershed of the Green River is the largest of the twelve major river watersheds in Kentucky. [3] The Barren River rises near the Tennessee border in Monroe County and flows into the Green in northeast ...
KY 1297 mainly runs through rural areas of east-central Warren County, and then enters Barren County, where it is known as Old Bowling Green Road. KY 1297's first intersection in Barren County is a crossroads intersection with KY 255, a road that goes from Mammoth Cave National Park to the north side of the Barren River Lake area. KY 1297 goes ...
The Green River is a 384-mile-long (618 km) [3] tributary of the Ohio River that rises in Lincoln County in south central Kentucky. Tributaries of the Green River include the Barren River, the Nolin River, the Pond River and the Rough River. The river was named after Nathanael Greene, a general of the American Revolutionary War. [4]
Barren River Lake is a 10,100 acres (41 km 2), reservoir in Kentucky created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1964 by impounding the Barren River. The lake occupies parts of Allen, Barren, and Monroe counties. The Barren River Lake Dam is an earthen dam, 146 feet (45 m) high and 3,970 feet (1,210 m) long at its crest. [2]
Kentucky Lake Kincaid Lake Martins Fork Lake Paintsville Lake Shanty Hollow Lake. The following is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the state of Kentucky in the United States. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Lake Barkley (extends into Tennessee) Barren River Lake; Beaver Lake; Boltz Lake ...
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to its major tributary, the Ohio River.
In the north the land is possibly the most rugged, since it lies between the Green and Barren rivers, with very tall ridges near Riverside and Richardsville. The major drainage in Warren county is Barren River, which flows through Bowling Green and is surrounded by steep ridges in some areas. Several sizable hills rise in Bowling Green proper.
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