Herrington Lake
Herrington Lake is a 2,335-acre artificial lake located in Mercer, Garrard and Boyle counties in Kentucky, United States. The lake was created by Kentucky Utilities' damming of the Dix River, a tributary of the Kentucky River, in 1925 to generate hydroelectric power.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Joshinatorky, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bushtown and Burgin.
Bushtown
Hamlet
Bushtown is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. Bushtown is located on the Dix River 6.6 miles east-southeast of Harrodsburg.
Burgin
Village
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 4.0.
Burgin is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, in the United States. Its population was 979 at the 2020 census.
Bryantsville
Hamlet
Bryantsville is an unincorporated community in Garrard County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 27 northwest of the city of Lancaster, the county seat of Garrard County. Its elevation is 942 feet. It has a post office with the ZIP code 40410.
Herrington Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in Kentucky, United States of America
- Category: body of water
- Location: Boyle, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.74528° or 37° 44′ 43″ northLongitude
-84.71306° or 84° 42′ 47″ westElevation
755 feet (230 metres)Open location code
869QP7WP+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 24052528OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
4294599Wikidata ID
Q1614251
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Herrington Lake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “赫林頓湖”
- Chinese: “赫林顿湖”
- French: “Herrington Lake”
- German: “Dix Dam”
- German: “Herrington Lake (Kentucky)”
- German: “Herrington Lake”
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Localities in the Area
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