Lake Cumberland Boat Ramps

68 boat launches are mapped on Lake Cumberland in Wayne County, Russell County, Pulaski County, Clinton County, Kentucky.

Lake Cumberland is a reservoir in Clinton, Russell, Wayne, Pulaski and Laurel counties in Kentucky. The primary reasons for its construction were a means for flood control and the production of hydroelectric power. Its shoreline measures 1,255 miles (2,020 km) and the lake covers 65,530 acres (265 km2) at the maximum power pool elevation. (Source: Wikipedia – Lake Cumberland, CC BY-SA 4.0)

63 of these launches include facility details from Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

Lake Cumberland facts

Surface area50,607 acres
TypeReservoir
Average depthabout 42 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline lengthabout 555 miles
Surface elevation2,372 ft above sea level
DamWolf Creek Dam, completed 1951
Dam size258 ft high, 5,736 ft long, gravity dam
Dam purposesHydroelectric, Other, Recreation, Water Supply, Flood Risk Reduction
Dam ownerUSACE - Nashville District (Federal)
Normal storage2,142,000 acre-feet
Impounded streamCumberland

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID KY03010). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

Lake Cumberland water level & temperature

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