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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 ...
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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. It provides a source for hydro-electric power. Also, as one of the lakes alluded to by the name of Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area , it is a recreational destination of western Kentucky and ...
Lake Barkley State Resort Park is located on the eastern shore of the lake. [1] The largest yellow bass ever taken in Kentucky (1 lb., 1 oz.) was caught in the waters of Lake Barkley. [3] In 2019 officials started to aggressively deal with the invasion of Asian carp into Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake.
Lake Beshear is a 760-acre (3.1 km 2) reservoir located in Caldwell and Christian counties in Kentucky. Impounded in 1962, the lake lies within the Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park . [ 1 ]
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 .
The two lakes isolate the peninsula from the rest of Kentucky, as the region can be accessed only via roads from Tennessee or by crossing the lakes. U.S. Route 68 and Kentucky Route 80 pass through the community concurrently, providing access to Marshall County to the west and the remainder of Trigg County to the east. When active, Golden Pond ...
The lake was created by Kentucky Utilities' damming of the Dix River, a tributary of the Kentucky River, in 1925 to generate hydroelectric power. [2] With a maximum depth of 249 feet (76 m), Herrington Lake is the deepest lake in Kentucky. [3] A short distance below the dam, the Dix River enters the Kentucky River at High Bridge, Kentucky.