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Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Barren County, KY

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Sports & Outdoors

Barren River Lake State Resort Park

A Kentucky state resort park built around a large man-made reservoir formed by a Corps of Engineers dam.

Barren County, KY

About Barren River Lake State Resort Park

This Kentucky state resort park sits mainly in Barren County and reaches into neighboring Allen and Monroe counties. Its centerpiece is a man-made reservoir created when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began building a tall dam in 1960. The lake covers roughly 10,000 acres and has a long, winding shoreline. The park was dedicated in 1965.

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The closest stops to Barren River Lake State Resort Park, ordered by straight-line distance.

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    National Corvette Museum

    $25–$50

    See decades of Chevrolet Corvettes, rare one-of-a-kind cars and the story of the 2014 sinkhole that swallowed eight of them.

    19 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Attractions

    Beech Bend Park

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    Amusement park near Bowling Green, Kentucky, paired with a drag raceway, a water park, and a campground.

    21 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Museums

    The Historic Railpark and Train Museum

    Under $25

    A Bowling Green museum about railroad history, housed in the L&N Depot, with a guided tour of historic railcars.

    22 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Attractions
    Family Favorite

    Lost River Cave

    Under $25

    Ride a small boat into a cave on Kentucky's only underground boat tour, after a short guided walk along the river to the cave mouth.

    23 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Sightseeing

    Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site

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    A Kentucky state historic site preserving an early Baptist meetinghouse and its burial ground.

    24 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

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    History Buff

    Andrew Jackson's Hermitage

    $25–$50

    Tour Andrew Jackson's Greek Revival mansion, then walk the gardens, museum exhibits and the tomb where he and Rachel are buried.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

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