Greenup Locks And Dam Provides a 9-ft-deep navigation pool 61.8 mi upstream to Gallipolis Locks and Dam, and is an integral link in the Ohio River navigation channel. A scenic highway crosses the facility.
Kentucky River +4 Locks Provides a navigational channel for commercial and recreational traffic. The river meanders through the Kentucky bluegrass area and is a favorite boating stream during the summer and fall. Public facilities are not available.
Lake Barkley Bordering TVA's Land Between the Lakes Rec. Area in the rolling hills of southwest Kentucky and north central Tennessee, this lake offers waterfowl hunting, fishing, nature trails, a national battlefield, and a national waterfowl refuge.
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area Land Between The Lakes (LBL) is a 170,000 acre National Recreation Area nestled between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, created by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy in 1961. Native wildlife such as deer, wild turkey, bobcat, bald eagle, osprey, and many other species call the wooded peninsula home.LBL also maintains herds of elk and bison in a 750-acre habitat restoration area called the Elk & Bison Prairie.In addition to water sports, LBL contains over 200 miles of hiking, mountain biking, horseback and Off-Highway Vehicle trails which are openyear-round. Other popular outdoor activities at LBL include camping, hunting, fishing, cycling, wildlife viewing and photography, and picnicking.Visitors can drive through the Elk & Bison Prairie in search of wildlife; other interpretive facilities are The Homeplace-1850, a living history farm in which interpreters in period clothing demonstrate the life and work of an 1850's farm family; The Nature Station, an environmental education center which leads wildlife viewing excursions and offers other programming; and the Golden Pond Planetarium & Observatory, which offers regularly-scheduled planetarium shows and telescope viewing sessions.
Laurel River Lake Located in the heart of Daniel Boone National Forest, this lake has clear water and excellent largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing. Recreational facilities include campgrounds, boat ramps, picnic areas, hiking trails, and more.
Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave National Park was established to preserve the cave system, including Mammoth Cave, the scenic river valleys of the Green and Nolin rivers, and a section of south central Kentucky. This is the longest recorded cave system in the world with more than 336 miles explored and mapped.
