Paintsville Lake State Park

Coordinates: 37°50′23.34″N 82°52′15.56″W / 37.8398167°N 82.8709889°W

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Paintsville Lake State Park
Paintsville Lake
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Type	Kentucky state park
Location	Johnson County, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°50′23.34″N 82°52′15.56″W / 37.8398167°N 82.8709889°W / 37.8398167; -82.8709889
Area	242 acres (98 ha)
Created	1986
Operated by	Kentucky Department of Parks
Status	Open year-round
Website	Official website

Paintsville Lake State Park is a park located just west of Paintsville, Kentucky in Johnson County. The park itself encompasses 242 acres (98 ha), while Paintsville Lake, its major feature, covers approximately 1,139 acres (461 ha) extending into parts of Morgan County.^[1]

The park contains thirty-two developed campsites, ten primitive campsites, a playground, four picnic shelters, a four lane launch ramp, an amphitheater,^[2] a restaurant, a marina, and a Kiwanis Trail, a National Recreation Trail.^[3] The park also contains the Mountain Homeplace,^[4] which is a replica of a small farming community in Eastern Kentucky between 1850 and 1900, and has an adjacent 12,103-acre (4,898 ha) wildlife management area.^[5]

Gallery

The Kiwanis Trail
Rocky Knob Recreational Area
Paintsville Lake and marina
Mountain Homeplace

References

^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Parks, State". 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.
^ "In the Pines Amphitheater". Paintsville Tourism. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
^ "Kiwanis Walking Trail". Paintsville Tourism. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
^ "Paintsville Lake". United States Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
^ "Paintsville Lake WMA". Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.

External links

Paintsville Lake State Park Kentucky Department of Parks
Paintsville Lake Facilities Map Kentucky Department of Parks
Paintsville Lake Area Interactive GIS Map Commonwealth of Kentucky
Mountain Homeplace

Protected areas of Kentucky

Federal

National Parks	Mammoth Cave
National Historical Parks	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Cumberland Gap
National River	Big South Fork
National Military Park	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
National Forests	Daniel Boone George Washington and Jefferson
USFS National Recreation Areas	Land Between the Lakes
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Red River
National Wildlife Refuges	Clarks River Green River Ohio River Islands Reelfoot

State

State Resort Parks	Barren River Lake Blue Licks Battlefield Buckhorn Lake Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dale Hollow Lake General Butler Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kenlake Kentucky Dam Village Lake Barkley Lake Cumberland Natural Bridge Pennyrile Forest Pine Mountain Rough River Dam
State Historic Sites	Big Bone Lick Butler-Turpin House Dr. Thomas Walker Isaac Shelby Cemetery Jefferson Davis Old Mulkey Meetinghouse Perryville Battlefield Waveland White Hall Wickliffe Mounds William Whitley House
State Recreation Parks	Carr Creek Columbus-Belmont Dawkins Line Rail Trail E. P. "Tom" Sawyer Fishtrap Lake Fort Boonesborough General Burnside Island Grayson Lake Green River Lake John James Audubon Kincaid Lake Kingdom Come Lake Malone Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Lincoln Homestead Mineral Mound My Old Kentucky Home Nolin Lake Old Fort Harrod Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Trail Taylorsville Lake Yatesville Lake
State Forests	Dewey Lake Green River Kentenia Kentucky Ridge Knobs Olympia Pennyrile Tygarts
State Nature Preserves	Axe Lake Swamp Bad Branch Falls Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns Beargrass Creek Blackacre Blue Licks Brigadoon Jesse Stuart JJ Audubon Natural Bridge Six Mile Island Tom Dorman
Other	Breaks Interstate Park Kentucky Horse Park

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State	Buckhorn Lake Carr Creek Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dawkins Line Rail Trail Dr. Thomas Walker Fishtrap Lake Grayson Lake Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kingdom Come Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Natural Bridge Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Pine Mountain Trail Yatesville Lake
Federal	Big South Fork Cumberland Gap
Interstate	Breaks Interstate

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