Swan Lake
Swan Lake is a lake in Ballard County, Kentucky. At 300 acres, it is the largest natural lake in Kentucky. It is part of a twelve-lake confederation known as Cummins Tract Lakes.- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Ballard County, Kentucky
- Also known as: “Swan Pond”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairo Historic District and Cairo.
Cairo Historic District
Neighborhood
The Cairo Historic District is a historic district encompassing a large section of Cairo, Illinois. The district is roughly bounded by Park, 33rd, Sycamore, 21st, Cedar, and 4th Streets and the Ohio River; it includes most areas of Cairo developed by 1890, save for two sections which are almost entirely renovated or deteriorated. Cairo Historic District is situated 3 miles west of Swan Lake.
Cairo
Cairo is in Illinois on a small strip of land in between Missouri and Kentucky as well as the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, made famous in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.Wickliffe
Village
Wickliffe is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 670 at the 2020 census. Wickliffe is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wickliffe is situated 3½ miles southeast of Swan Lake.
Swan Lake
- Category: lake
- Location: Ballard, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.01233° or 37° 0′ 44″ north
Longitude
-89.11834° or 89° 7′ 6″ west
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Open location code
869G2V6J+WM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Swan Lake” goes by many names.
- Turkish: “Kuğu Gölü (Kentucky)”
- Turkish: “Kuğu Gölü”
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