Paddling Kentucky: A Guide to the State's Best Paddling Adventures

by Carrie Stambaugh

Overview

Kentucky’s waters hold a wealth of riches, and Paddling Kentucky features forty of the best river and trips for avid paddlers, floaters, and anglers. With detailed route descriptions and information on put-in and take-out points, as well as gorgeous photography and maps, this guide is the only book you need to get out on the water and enjoy the Bluegrass State!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493024384
Publisher:	Falcon Guides
Publication date:	07/15/2019
Series:	Paddling Series
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,010,012
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Carrie Stambaugh is the author of Hiking Kentucky (3rd edition). A journalist and photographer, her work has appeared in The Independent, Ironton Tribune, Greater Ashland Beacon, Bridges, Huntington Quarterly, Portsmouth Metro, and Tri-State Living. She lives in Ashland, Kentucky. Visit her at CarrieStambaugh.com.

Table of Contents

Map Legend x

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xii

The Paddles

Eastern Kentucky

1 Tygarts Creek (Carter County) 2

2 Grayson Lake (Carter and Elliott Counties) 8

3 Little Sandy Paver (Elliott County) 13

4 Blaine's Creek / Yatesville Lake (Lawrence County) 17

5 Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River (Johnson County) 22

6 Johns Creek / Dewey Lake (Floyd County) 27

7 Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River (Pike County) 30

8 Poor Fork of the Cumberland River (Harlan County) 37

9 Ohio River Manchester Islands (Lewis County) 44

10 Kinniconick Creek (Lewis County) 50

11 Tailwaters of Cave Run Lake (Middle Fork of the Licking River) (Rowan and Bath Counties) 55

12 Red River (Wolfe, Menifee, and Powell Counties) 59

13 Middle Fork of the Licking River (Nicholas and Fleming Counties) 65

14 Carr Creek Lake (Knott County) 70

15 Wood Creek Lake (Laurel County) 74

16 Laurel River Lake (Laurel County) 79

17 Rockcastle River (Rockcastle, Laurel, and Pulaski Counties) 84

18 Big South Fork of the Cumberland River (McCreary County) 89

19 Ohio River (Greenup County) 95

20 Kincaid Lake (Pendleton County) 101

21 Licking River (Campbell and Kenton Counties) 105

Central Kentucky

22 Kentucky River / Boone Creek (Madison, Clark, and Fayette Counties) 112

23 Elkhorn Creek (Franklin County) 118

24 North Elkhorn Creek (Scott County) 122

25 Floyd's Fork of the Salt River (Jefferson County) 126

26 Kentucky River / Dix River (Mercer, Jessamine, and Garrard Counties) 131

27 Taylorsville Lake (Anderson, Spencer, and Nelson Counties) 137

Western Kentucky

28 Ohio River / Beargrass Creek (Jefferson County) 144

29 Rolling Fork of the Salt River (LaRue and Nelson Counties) 147

30 Lost River Cave (Warren County) 152

31 Drakes Creek (Warren County) 156

32 Nolin River Lake (Hart, Grayson, and Edmondson Counties) 160

33 Green River Lake (Adair County) 165

34 Rough River Lake (Breckinridge County) 168

35 Barren River Lake (Barren County) 172

36 Gasper River (Warren County) 176

37 Kentucky Lake (Trigg? Marshall, and Lyon Counties) 179

38 Lake Barkley (Lyon County) 184

39 Little River (Trigg County) 190

40 Clarks River (Marshall County) 195

Resources and References 199

Paddle Index 201

About the Author 203