Rough River Dam State Resort Park

Rough River Dam State Resort Park
Kentucky State Park
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Grayson
Location
- coordinates	37°36′39″N 86°30′17″W / 37.61083°N 86.50472°W / 37.61083; -86.50472Coordinates: 37°36′39″N 86°30′17″W / 37.61083°N 86.50472°W / 37.61083; -86.50472
Area	372 acres (151 ha)
Established	1961 ^[1]
Managed by	Kentucky Department of Parks
Location in Kentucky
Website : Rough River Dam State Resort Park
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rough River Dam State Resort Park

Rough River Dam State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park encompassing 372 acres (151 ha)^[1] on Rough River Lake in Grayson county.

Rough River Dam of 1959, stretching 1,590 feet (480 m) across and 135 feet (41 m) high, creates Rough River Lake, a recreational lake of approximately 5,100 acres (2,100 ha).^[2]

The lake is home to a variety of bass including largemouth, smallmouth, Guadalupe, spotted, white, yellow, and striped bass as well as other game fish, making fishing a significant portion of its tourism.^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 "History". Rough River Dam State Resort Park. Kentucky Department of Parks. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
↑ 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.
↑ "Rough River Lake, Kentucky, US Fish Identification Chart".
↑ "Things to do". Rough River Dam State Resort Park. Kentucky Department of Parks. Retrieved September 26, 2013.

External links

Rough River Dam State Resort Park Kentucky Department of Parks

Protected areas of Kentucky

Federal

National Parks	Mammoth Cave

National Historical Parks	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Cumberland Gap

NPS National Recreation Areas	Big South Fork

National Military Park	Fort Donelson National Battlefield

National Forests	Daniel Boone George Washington and Jefferson

USFS National Recreation Areas	Land Between the Lakes

National Wildlife Refuges	Clarks River Ohio River Islands Reelfoot

State

State Resort Parks	Barren River Lake Buckhorn Lake Blue Licks Battlefield Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dale Hollow Lake General Butler Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kenlake Kentucky Dam Village Lake Barkley Lake Cumberland Natural Bridge Pennyrile Forest Pine Mountain Rough River Dam

State Historic Sites	Big Bone Lick Boone Station Butler-Turpin House Dr. Thomas Walker Isaac Shelby Cemetery Jefferson Davis Old Mulkey Meetinghouse Perryville Battlefield Waveland White Hall Wickliffe Mounds William Whitley House

State Recreation Parks	Carr Creek Columbus-Belmont Dawkins Line Rail Trail E. P. "Tom" Sawyer Fishtrap Lake Fort Boonesborough General Burnside Grayson Lake Green River Lake John James Audubon Kincaid Lake Kingdom Come Lake Malone Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Lincoln Homestead Mineral Mound My Old Kentucky Home Nolin Lake Old Fort Harrod Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Trail Taylorsville Lake Yatesville Lake

State Forests	Dewey Lake Kentenia Kentucky Ridge Knobs Olympia Pennyrile Tygarts

State Nature Preserves	Axe Lake Swamp Bad Branch Falls Brigadoon Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns Beargrass Creek Blackacre Blue Licks Jesse Stuart JJ Audubon Natural Bridge Six Mile Island Tom Dorman

Other	Breaks Interstate Park Kentucky Horse Park

Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission

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