KENTUCKY DAM MARINA

KENTUCKY LAKE

Welcome! Kentucky Lake vacations are about fun, family, friends and memories. It’s about catching a giant bass or crappie or skiing alongside 2,300 miles of shoreline. Kentucky Dam creates the largest manmade lake in the eastern United States - Kentucky Lake! The dam backs up the Tennessee River for 184 miles and creates the lake that stretches south across the western tip of Kentucky and nearly the entire height of Tennessee. At maximum normal operating level, Kentucky Lake covers 160,300 acres and features 2,300 miles of shoreline.

When you're here you'll feel like a kid again. The memories of your youth will come rushing back to you while you enjoy your time on Kentucky Lake. Race go-karts, play miniature golf, take a bike ride, visit the animals at the nature station, watch a Kentucky Constellation presentation inside the planetarium, go horseback riding, take a swim, hop one of our rental boats, camp out, hunt, fish, sho, bird watch, see a drive-in movie, golf, see a live country music show, go to a dinner theatre, or see live blues or bluegrass music.Whatever you decide, make sure the kid inside you gets to choose!

Kentucky Lake was formed by the completion of Kentucky Dam, the longest dam at 8,422 feet on the Tennessee River in the Tennessee Valley Authority system. Land Between the Lakes, one of Kentucky’s most visited attractions, is bordered on the west by 184-mile Kentucky Lake and on the east by 118-mile Lake Barkley. More important than the project's size are the jobs it performs. Kentucky Dam is the spigot that TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) uses to help control floods on the lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers; it is the gateway to the Tennessee River waterway.