Grayson Lake State Park

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Grayson Lake State Park
Grayson Lake
Type	Kentucky state park
Location	Carter and Elliott Counties, Kentucky
Coordinates	Coordinates: 38°12′58″N 83°01′03″W / 38.21611°N 83.0175°W / 38.21611; -83.0175 ^[1]
Area	1,512 acres (6.12 km²)^[2]
Created	1970
Operated by	Kentucky Department of Parks
Open	Year-round

Grayson Lake State Park is a Kentucky state park in Carter County, Kentucky, and near the city of Grayson, Kentucky. The park has an of 1,512 acres (6.12 km²). It has facilities for boating, water skiing, swimming, fishing and golfing.^[3] It is served by Kentucky Route 7, which was re-routed as a result of the lakes creation.

[edit] References

^ "Fishtrap Lake State Park". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:493225. Retrieved on 2010-11-23
^ Susan Reigler, Pam Spaulding (2009). "Eastern Kentucky Parks". The Complete Guide to Kentucky State Parks. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813192080. Retrieved on 2010-11-23
^ Grayson Lake State Park Kentucky Department of Parks. Retrieved on 2010-11-23

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Grayson Lake State Park

Protected Areas of Kentucky

Federal

National Parks	Mammoth Cave National Park

National Historic Parks & Sites	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site • Cumberland Gap National Historical Park • Fort Donelson National Battlefield

National Forests	Daniel Boone • Jefferson

National Wildlife Refuges	Clarks River • Ohio River Islands • Reelfoot

National Recreation Areas	Big South Fork • Land Between the Lakes

State

State Resort Parks	Barren River Lake • Benham-Lynch • Buckhorn Lake • Carter Caves • Cumberland Falls • General Butler • Grayson Lake • Green River Lake • Greenbo Lake • Jenny Wiley • Kenlake • Kentucky Dam Village • Lake Barkley • Lake Cumberland • Natural Bridge • Pennyrile Forest • Pine Mountain • Rough River Dam

State Historic Sites	Boone Station • Constitution Square • Dr. Thomas Walker • Isaac Shelby Cemetery • Jefferson Davis • Old Mulkey Meetinghouse • Perryville Battlefield • Waveland • White Hall • Wickliffe Mounds • William Whitley House

State Recreation Parks	Blue Licks Battlefield • Big Bone Lick • Carr Creek • Columbus-Belmont • Dale Hollow Lake • E. P. "Tom" Sawyer • Fishtrap Lake • Fort Boonesborough • General Burnside • 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 • Kentenia • Kentucky Ridge • Knobs • Olympia • Pennyrile • Tygarts

State Nature Preserves	Axe Lake Swamp • Bad Branch Falls • Brigadoon • Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns• Beargrass Creek • Blackacre • Blue Licks • Jesse Stuart • JJ Audubon• Natural Bridge • Six Mile Island • Tom Dorman

Other	Breaks Interstate Park • Kentucky Horse Park

Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission ([1])

Visitor Attractions of the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields

Parks

State	Buckhorn Lake • Carr Creek • Carter Caves • Cumberland Falls • 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