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Kentucky Dam at Grand Rivers to Pickwick Dam is 184 miles, with Land Between the Lakes along one side. All 2,064 miles of Kentucky Lake’s shoreline are on the shirts and mugs here.
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Kentucky Dam at Grand Rivers to Pickwick Dam is 184 miles, with Land Between the Lakes along one side. All 2,064 miles of Kentucky Lake’s shoreline are on the shirts and mugs here.
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Kentucky Lake, as we draw it
The outline runs from Kentucky Dam to Pickwick Dam. Every piece here uses this same drawing.
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Kentucky Lake facts, with sources
- States
- Kentucky and Tennessee
- River
- Tennessee River; the dam is 22 miles above its confluence with the Ohio
- Dam
- Kentucky Dam at Grand Rivers, Ky., built 1938-1944
- Managed by
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
- Surface area
- About 160,300 acres
- Shoreline
- 2,064 miles
Sources: tva.com
Questions about Kentucky Lake
Where is Kentucky Lake?
Kentucky Lake stretches 184 miles along the Tennessee River across Kentucky and Tennessee. Kentucky Dam is at Grand Rivers, Kentucky, 22 miles above the river's confluence with the Ohio.
When was Kentucky Dam built?
TVA began Kentucky Dam in 1938 and completed it in 1944.
How big is Kentucky Lake?
TVA lists 2,064 miles of shoreline and about 160,300 acres of water surface, and calls it the largest reservoir in the eastern U.S.
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