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Biggest Lakes and Reservoirs in Kentucky

Kentucky's biggest named fishing waters by surface acreage, from USGS records. 92 lakes and reservoirs carry acreage data in Kentucky; more water usually means more patterns to unlock.

In this scope: 92 waters · 107,316 acres

  1. Lake BarkleyReservoir · Trigg County49,741 acres
  2. Lake CumberlandReservoir · Pulaski County38,795 acres
  3. Green River LakeReservoir · Taylor County8,173 acres
  4. Laurel River LakeReservoir · Laurel County5,730 acres
  5. Lake BeshearReservoir · Caldwell County784 acres
  6. Wood Creek LakeReservoir · Laurel County625 acres
  7. Doe Valley LakeReservoir · Meade County362 acres
  8. Lake LinvilleReservoir · Rockcastle County356 acres
  9. Energy LakeLake · Trigg County326 acres
  10. Honker LakeReservoir · Lyon County206 acres
  11. Brushy PondLake · Crittenden County183 acres
  12. Campbell County LakeLake · Campbell County175 acres
  13. Kincaid LakeReservoir · Pendleton County161 acres
  14. Lake MorrisReservoir · Christian County149 acres
  15. Bullock Pen LakeReservoir · Boone County147 acres
  16. Lake Number NineLake · Fulton County147 acres
  17. Lake BoxleyReservoir · Christian County137 acres
  18. Lake LibertyReservoir · Casey County77 acres
  19. Lake TandyReservoir · Christian County64 acres
  20. Campbellsville City ReservoirReservoir · Taylor County63 acres
  21. Pennyrile LakeReservoir · Christian County48 acres
  22. Lake BlytheReservoir · Christian County41 acres
  23. Watson LakeLake · Fulton County40 acres
  24. Railroad LakeReservoir · Caldwell County35 acres
  25. Hamby PondLake · Fulton County34 acres

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