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Cherokee State Park was the third blacks-only state park in the United States. It was the first such state park in Kentucky, as well as the Southern United States. The park was opened in 1951 as the companion to the whites-only Kentucky Lake State Park, and it was publicized as "the finest colored vacation site in the South".
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park: Floyd County: Park: 1,771 acres (7.2 km 2) Lake: 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2) Kenlake State Resort Park: Calloway and Marshall Counties [3] Park: 1,795 acres (7.3 km 2) Lake: 160,300 acres (649 km 2) Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park: Marshall County [3] 1,351 acres (5.5 km 2) Lake Barkley State Resort Park: Trigg ...
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This sentiment was echoed in a 1952 Kentucky state map. [3] [4] Opened in 1951, Cherokee State Park was the third blacks-only state park and the first such state park in Kentucky and the Southern United States. [3] It was the only blacks-only state park Kentucky had. [5] With a size of 300 acres (1.2 km 2), Cherokee State Park had several ...
The lake is a desirable fishing area. Records for the largest of three species of fish ever taken in Kentucky have been set at this lake: white bass (5 lb [2.3 kg]), Buffalo carp (55 lb [25 kg]), and yellow perch (1 lb 4 oz [0.57 kg]). [3]
Lake Barkley State Resort Park is a park on the eastern shore of Lake Barkley just west of Cadiz, Kentucky in Trigg County. The park encompasses 3,700 acres (1,500 ha) [ 1 ] and is one of three Kentucky parks near Land Between the Lakes , a 170,000-acre (69,000 ha) isthmus between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley.