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Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States 171,280-acre national recreation area (69,310 ha) in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. It was designated as a national recreation area in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy and developed using funds appropriated during the Johnson administration .
The Woodlands Trace National Scenic Byway, also known as "The Trace," is the major north–south roadway that traverses the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in two counties in western Kentucky and northwestern Stewart County in northwest Middle Tennessee. [2] It is estimated to be 43.1 miles (69.4 km) in length.
The lakes run parallel courses for more than 50 miles (80 km), with the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area located between them. Lake Barkley is 134 miles (216 km) long with a shoreline measuring 1,004 miles (1,616 km). The lake's level is maintained at different levels throughout the year for flood control purposes.
(Distance from Evansville: 67 miles) "This trail is at Land Between the Lakes and is an easy two-and-a-half miles," Carter said. "LBL offers lots of other options for hiking, including the 58-mile ...
It is situated in what is now the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, on a peninsula lying between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. These were manmade, formed by dams on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, respectively; the town lies 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of the latter lake. The two lakes isolate the peninsula from the rest of ...
The first NRA was Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which was created by a 1936 agreement between the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), which had built Hoover Dam, and the National Park Service (NPS), which had experience in managing visitors in the outdoors. Because the reservoir had disturbed the natural state of the environment ...
Despite only consisting of 15,000 acres, the national park is the fourth-most biodiverse national parks in the U.S. It’s also an important feeding and resting area for migratory birds.
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) recently acquired 1,393 acres in Tucker County that will help preserve one of the largest wetlands in Central Appalachia as well as create 80 miles of connecting ...