Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park Explained

Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park
Map:USA Kentucky#USA
Location:Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates:37.0064°N -88.2947°W
Area Acre:1351
Established:1949
Governing Body:Kentucky Department of Parks

Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park located on the northern shore of Kentucky Lake in Marshall County. The park encompasses and is one of the state's more popular resort parks.[1] The park features a convention center, 18-hole golf course, and lighted runway for light aircraft.[2]

The park received an upgraded rating from two diamonds to three diamonds from the American Automobile Association (AAA) in 2007. Cumberland Falls State Resort Park also received the upgraded rating. The two facilities were the first state resort parks to achieve the three-diamond rating following AAA's revision of its rating system in 2001.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kleber, John E. . Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter . The Kentucky Encyclopedia . 1992 . The University Press of Kentucky . . 0-8131-1772-0 . Parks, State.
  2. Web site: History . Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park . Kentucky Department of Parks . September 26, 2013.
  3. News: Diamonds in the Rough . The Times-Tribune . Corbin, Ky. . March 27, 2007 . March 29, 2007 . dead . https://archive.today/20130204032613/http://www.thetimestribune.com/archivesearch/local_story_086082844.html . February 4, 2013.