Rough River Lake

Rough River Lake
Rough River Lake near Leitchfield
Location	Breckinridge / Grayson / Hardin counties, Kentucky, US
Coordinates	37°36′42″N 86°29′02″W / 37.6116°N 86.4840°W / 37.6116; -86.4840Coordinates: 37°36′42″N 86°29′02″W / 37.6116°N 86.4840°W / 37.6116; -86.4840
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Rough River
Primary outflows	Rough River
Basin countries	United States

Surface area	5,100 acres (21 km²)

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

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]

References

↑ 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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