Guist Creek Lake

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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shelby County High School.

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.

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.

Shelbyville

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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 5 miles south of Guist Creek Lake.

Guist Creek Lake

Type: Reservoir
Description: body of water
Category: body of water
Location: Shelby, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.21819° or 38° 13′ 6″ north

Longitude

-85.14108° or 85° 8′ 28″ west

Elevation

741 feet (226 metres)

Open location code

86CP6V95+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Guist Creek Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

“Guist Creek Lake” goes by many names.

French: “Guist Creek Lake”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Veachland and Hooper.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bulleit Distilling Co. Visitor Experience and Guist Creek Lake State Park.

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