Grayson Lake

Grayson Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Grayson Lake
image_lake = USACE Grayson Lake and Dam.jpg
caption_lake = Lake and Dam
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location = Carter County, Kentucky
coords = coord|38|15|5.5|N|82|59|1.88|W|type:waterbody_region:US-KY|display=inline,title
type = artificial lake
inflow = Little Sandy River
outflow = Little Sandy River
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basin_countries = United States
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area = convert|1500|acre|km2|1
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Grayson Lake is a convert|1500|acre|km2|1|sing=on 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.cite book |editor=Kleber, John E. |others=Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter |title="The Kentucky Encyclopedia" |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0813117720 |chapter=Lakes]

The lake is the major attraction of Grayson Lake State Park. [cite web |url=http://parks.ky.gov/stateparks/gl/ |title=Grayson Lake State Park |publisher=Kentucky Department of Parks |date=2005-10-10 |accessdate=2007-02-17]

References

ee also

*Grayson Lake State Park


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