Guist Creek Lake State Park
Guist Creek Lake State Park is a park in Shelby, Kentucky. Guist Creek Lake State Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Clay Village, as well as near Hooper.Places of Interest
Highlights include Guist Creek Lake and Shelby County High School.
Guist Creek Lake
Reservoir
Guist Creek Lake is a 317-acre reservoir about five miles east of Shelbyville, Kentucky. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek. The lake has 27 miles of shoreline and is stocked annually with 7,900 channel catfish per year.
Shelby County High School
School
Shelby County High School is a public high school in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. The school was established in 1960 and later absorbed Shelbyville High School, remaining the only high school in the district until the opening of Martha Layne Collins High School in 2010 to meet overcrowding concerns. Shelby County High School is situated 2 miles west of Guist Creek Lake State Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clay Village and Shelbyville.
Clay Village
Hamlet
Clay Village is an unincorporated community within Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as Shytown. Their post office is closed. Clay Village is situated 2½ miles southeast of Guist Creek Lake State Park.
Shelbyville
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Shelbyville is a city in the Kentucky Derby Region, 30 mi east of Louisville and 20 mi west of Frankfort. It is the county seat of Shelby County.
Hemp Ridge
Hamlet
Hemp Ridge is an unincorporated community within Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. Hemp Ridge is situated 4½ miles south of Guist Creek Lake State Park.
Guist Creek Lake State Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Shelby, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.2109° or 38° 12′ 39″ northLongitude
-85.14496° or 85° 8′ 42″ westElevation
794 feet (242 metres)Open location code
86CP6V64+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 358590906OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4293640
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bulleit Distilling Co. Visitor Experience and Shelby Christian Church.
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