Kentucky Lake
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Barkley Dam.
Barkley Dam
Power station
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Rivers and Gilbertsville.
Grand Rivers
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Grand Rivers is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 382 at the 2010 census, up from 343 in 2000. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Gilbertsville
Gilbertsville is a town in Kentucky's Western Waterlands region on the shore of Kentucky Lake and near the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.Kentucky Lake
- Type: reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States
- Location: Western Waterlands, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.0126° or 37° 0′ 45″ northLongitude
-88.27° or 88° 16′ 12″ westOpen location code
869H2P7H+2XWikidata ID
Q2781219
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Serbian—“Kentucky Lake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “肯塔基湖”
- Dutch: “Kentucky Lake”
- French: “lac Kentucky”
- French: “Lac Kentucky”
- German: “Kentucky Lake”
- Macedonian: “Кентаки (езеро)”
- Macedonian: “Кентаки”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kentucky Lake”
- Serbian: “Кентаки”
- “Kentucky”
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