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NOTICE: Many states are discouraging or banning movement of firewood to control spread of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). Not bringing wood from home to your campsite and not taking unused wood you procure while camping home with you is recommended -- required in some states. Check the following website to learn more: http://www.emeraldashborer.info/

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Directions & Lake History/Factoid
Directions: From Louisville, 95 miles south on I-65 to Cave City, 10 miles south on KY 90 to Glasgow, 5 miles south on US 31 to KY 252, 9 miles south to dam.

Lake History

Factoid: Barren River Lake is the site for the 2001 International (Scottish) Highland Games (the Glasgow Highland Games are held annually at the State Resort Park). The Lake area has many federally protected Native American village and burial sites. The river was the historic route for westward traveling pioneers. They would travel down the Barren River to a trading post at present-day Bowling Green, Kentucky, where their journey would proceed by land.

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Recreation areas 1 - 10 of 11 at Barren River Lake

Austin		X
Baileys Point	E	X		A GS	X	BE	H
Barren River Lake State Park		X	X	GS
Beaver Creek	E N	X		A		BE
Browns Ford		X
Peninsula		X	X
Port Oliver Recreation Area		X
Quarry Road						BE	H
Tailwater	E G	X		A GS	X		H
The Narrows	E D	X	X	A GS	X		H
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