Lake Linville

Lake Linville
View of Lake looking west
Location Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA
Basin countries United States
Surface area 356 acres (144 ha)
Average depth 16 ft (4.9 m)
Max. depth 36 ft (11 m)
Shore length1 7.9 mi (12.7 km)
Surface elevation 969 ft (295 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Linville is a 356-acre (1.44 km2) reservoir in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was created in 1968.[1] The dam is a highway fill embankment along Interstate 75.

Contents

Facilities

Facilities include a launching ramp, boat dock, and parking area. Boats, live bait, and tackle are available.

Fishery

Species in the lake include largemouth bass, spotted bass, white crappie, channel catfish, bluegill, longear sunfish, carp, and yellow bullhead.

References

  1. ^ 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. 

External links

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources