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Herrington Lake Rental & Lodging options provide the perfect opportunity to escape to a beautiful, peaceful setting in Central Kentucky, less than an hour south of Lexington. With its recreational waters and picturesque surroundings, Herrington Lake offers a unique blend of relaxation and adventure, in the deepest lake Kentucky has to offer!
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Fishing Information: Herrington Lake is a popular fishing lake in Kentucky. It is located in Garrard, Mercer and Boyle counties and covers 2,649 acres. The lake was built by Kentucky utilities in 1925. Species List: According to the Kentucky Department of Fishing and Wildlife Resources, Herrington Lake contains a few species of popular fish.
Herrington Lake. Herrington Lake is a 2,335-acre artificial lake located in Mercer, Garrard and Boyle counties in Kentucky, United States. The lake was created by Kentucky Utilities' damming of the Dix River, a tributary of the Kentucky River, in 1925 to generate hydroelectric power. Photo: Joshinatorky, Public domain.
All About Herrington Lake, KY. Meandering 32 miles across the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky is Herrington Lake. The first large impoundment in Kentucky, Herrington Lake was created in 1925 by damming the Dix River three miles above its joining with the Kentucky River. Kentucky Utilities created the reservoir to generate hydroelectric power and ...
Situated on the banks of Lake Herrington near Harrodsburg, Ky., the E.W. Brown Plant is unique in that it showcases four generations of electricity-producing facilities — a hydroelectric plant, a coal-fired generating unit, natural-gas fired combustion turbines and a universal solar facility.
Herrington Lake is the deepest lake in Kentucky. It is about 35 miles long, up to 1,200 ft. wide, and covers 2335 acres with 325 miles of shoreline. The deepest area is near the Dix Dam where water depth reaches 249 feet. The mean depth in the lake is 78 feet. Because the lake is so deep it has only frozen over twice – in 1936 and 1978.
