Rough River Lake

Rough River Lake is a 5,100-acre (21 km2) reservoir in Breckinridge, Grayson, and Hardin counties in Kentucky.

Rough River Lake
Rough River Lake near Leitchfield
Rough River Lake
LocationBreckinridge / Grayson / Hardin counties, Kentucky, US
Coordinates37.6116°N 86.4840°W / 37.6116; -86.4840
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsRough River
Primary outflowsRough River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area5,100 acres (21 km2)

It was impounded from the Rough River in 1959 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Rough River Lake Dam is a 132-foot-high earthen dam impounding a maximum capacity of 334,400 acre-feet. It is the primary attraction of Rough River Dam State Resort Park.[1]

See also

References
  1. Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Lakes". 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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