Lake Barkley State Resort Park

State park in Kentucky, United States

36°50′01″N 87°55′08″W / 36.83361°N 87.91889°W / 36.83361; -87.91889Area3,600 acres (15 km2)Established1964[1]Governing bodyKentucky Department of ParksWebsiteLake Barkley State Resort ParkU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Barkley State Resort Park

Lake Barkley State Resort Park is a park on the eastern shore of Lake Barkley just west of Cadiz, Kentucky in Trigg County. The park encompasses 3,700 acres (1,500 ha)[1] and is one of three Kentucky parks near Land Between the Lakes, a 170,000-acre (69,000 ha) isthmus between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "History". Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park. Kentucky Department of Parks. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Parks, State". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.

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  • Lake Barkley State Resort Park Kentucky Department of Parks
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