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Western Waterlands

's Western Waterlands region is at the western edge of the state, and is home to popular outdoor recreation areas around Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley and Land Between the Lakes.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Paducah and Hopkinsville.

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is a small city on the Ohio River about midway between , and , . The county seat of McCracken County and the largest city in the Jackson Purchase area of western Kentucky, has a booming riverfront restaurant…

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, often nicknamed "Hoptown" by locals, is a town located in 's Western Waterlands.

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is the county seat of Calloway County, is on highway U.S. 641 in 's Western Waterlands, just a few miles from the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. It is best known as the home of State University, a well-regarded public liberal arts school.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Benton and Princeton.

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is a city in the region in 's Western Waterlands. Unless noted, the area code for all listings is 270.

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is a home rule-class city in , in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 6,329 during the 2010 U.S. census.

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is a city in the region in 's Western Waterlands.

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is a home rule-class city in , , 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.

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is a United States national recreation area in and . Land Between the Lakes offers all the outdoor recreation "basics" with opportunities for environmental and historic interpretation.

is a town in 's Western Waterlands region on the shore of and near the .

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is a major navigable along the in and . It was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority's impounding of the Tennessee River via for flood control and hydroelectric power.

is a town in the Jackson Purchase region of , which in turn is part of the tourism region known as the Western Waterlands. The town lies on the western shore of , the largest man-made lake in the United States east of the Mississippi River as measured by surface area.

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is a state park in 's Purchase area, part of the state's Western Waterlands tourism region.

Western Waterlands

Latitude of center
36.83° or 36° 49′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
-88.25° or 88° 15′ west
Wiki­data ID
Q14925005
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