Description: Western Kentucky and Kentucky Lake tourism online. Find all the things to do around Kentucky Lake in West Kentucky in one place. westkentucky.com features Motels, attractions, recreation, reloction information, fishing, and fun.
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Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley in Western Kentucky attracts more than 15 million visitors to its’ water wonderland each year. Drawing fishermen, boaters, and sightseers to vacation here. Kentucky and Barkley lakes boast 2400 miles of shoreline and make the largest manmade lake in the eastern United States at 184 miles long. The lake s stretches across the western tip of Kentucky but also runs the entire width of Tennessee. Construction began on Kentucky Dam in 1938 and was completed in 1944. The cost was ab
Beyond the importance of tourism and lake travel, Kentucky Dam is vastly important for its’ use in controlling floodwaters from the Ohio and Tennessee River.
The Kentucky Lake area boasts four state parks, two county parks, five municipal parks, two wildlife management areas and three small wildlife areas. Why not schedule your next vacation in this amazing part of Kentucky ?