Grayson Lake

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Grayson Lake
Grayson Lake - Lake and Dam
Lake and Dam
Location Carter County, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°15′5.5″N, 82°59′1.88″WCoordinates: 38°15′5.5″N, 82°59′1.88″W
Lake type artificial lake
Primary inflows Little Sandy River
Primary outflows Little Sandy River
Basin countries United States
Surface area 1,500 acres (6.1 km²)

Grayson Lake is a 1,500-acre (6.1 km²) artificial lake in Carter and Elliott counties in Kentucky. It was created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1968 by impounding the Little Sandy River.[1]

The lake is the major attraction of Grayson Lake State Park.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (1992) "Lakes", in Kleber, John E.: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813117720. 
  2. ^ Grayson Lake State Park. Kentucky Department of Parks (2005-10-10). Retrieved on 2007-02-17.

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