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Grayson Lake State Park is a Kentucky state park located in Carter and Elliott counties, near the city of Grayson, Kentucky. The park has an area of 1,512 acres (612 ha). It has facilities for boating, water skiing, swimming, fishing and golfing. [3] It is served by Kentucky Route 7, which was re-routed as a result of the lake's creation.
Grayson Lake is a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) reservoir in Carter and Elliott counties in Kentucky. It was created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1968 by impounding the Little Sandy River [ 3 ] with the Grayson Dam , an earthen structure 120 feet (37 m) high, creating a maximum capacity of 118,990 acre-feet (146,770,000 m 3 ).
The Little Sandy rises in southern Elliott County and flows generally north-northeastwardly in a meandering course through Elliott, Carter and Greenup counties, through the towns of Sandy Hook and Grayson. It joins the Ohio River at Greenup. At its mouth, the Little Sandy River's mean annual discharge is 840.51 cubic feet per second (23.801 m 3 ...
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 the Green River .
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The recreation area has many miles of hiking trails, numerous boat ramps, an off-road vehicle area, and numerous campgrounds, plus group lodges and a few cabins. Most of the attractions require a user fee. [citation needed] Beginning in the 1970s, the 700-acre (280 ha) Elk and Bison Prairie enclosure was developed.
Kentucky Route 700 is a 16.539-mile-long (26.617 km) rural secondary state highway in central McCreary County that runs from a boat ramp along the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River in the northern portion of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area to Kentucky Route 90 south of Honeybee via Marshes Siding.
Mineral Mound State Park is a park located on the shores of Lake Barkley in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. The 541-acre (219 ha) park contains an 18-hole golf course with clubhouse, a boat ramp, fishing pier, and picnicking area. [1] Mineral Mound is named after the mansion of Willis B. Machen, which formerly stood on the property.