Lake Barkley State Resort Park

Lake Barkley State Resort Park
Kentucky State Park
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Trigg
Coordinates 36°50′01″N 87°55′08″W / 36.83361°N 87.91889°W / 36.83361; -87.91889Coordinates: 36°50′01″N 87°55′08″W / 36.83361°N 87.91889°W / 36.83361; -87.91889
Area 3,600 acres (1,457 ha)
Established 1964 [1]
Management Kentucky Department of Parks
Location in Kentucky
Website: Lake Barkley State Resort Park
U.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 on Land Between the Lakes, a 170,000-acre (69,000 ha) isthmus between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "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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