Canal Public Use Area
Canal Public Use Area is a park in Livingston, Kentucky. Canal Public Use Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Twin Lakes, as well as near Eureka.Places of Interest
Highlights include Barkley Dam.
Barkley Dam
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 by stopping the flow of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, forming Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake respectively. Barkley Dam is situated 2 miles north of Canal Public Use Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Rivers and Twin Lakes.
Grand Rivers
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand Rivers is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Grand Rivers had a population of 345. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Twin Lakes is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. Twin Lakes is situated 2½ miles southeast of Canal Public Use Area.
Kentucky Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kentucky Lake is a major navigable reservoir along the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee. It was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority's impounding of the Tennessee River via Kentucky Dam for flood control and hydroelectric power.
Canal Public Use Area
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Livingston, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.99561° or 36° 59′ 44″ northLongitude
-88.20975° or 88° 12′ 35″ westElevation
410 feet (125 metres)Open location code
868HXQWR+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 358583766OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4286739
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