Kentucky Lake and Kenlake: Summertime’s Dynamic Duo

Beautiful Kentucky Lake at KenlakeWhen it comes to summertime, there’s nothing like going to the lake, is there?! Actually, when you live in the Western part of Kentucky, you refer to it as, “Going to the lakes,” because Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley are so close to one another.  The Land Between the Lakes divides these two beautiful lakes so, as you’d imagine, there are about a thousand and one things to do in this gorgeous part of Kentucky.

Most of the state knows about Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park, and Lake Barkley State Resort Park. Each of these three are three of our favorite places in the world, but I’m always surprised when people aren’t familiar with another such place – Kenlake State Resort Park.

Kentucky Lake and Kenlake MarinaKenlake is a beautiful, historic state park situated directly on Kentucky Lake. It has a marina, lodge, gift shop, and restaurant. In fact, when I was able to eat at the Kentucky State Resort Park restaurants (before I had to start eating gluten/wheat free for health reasons), I remember Kenlake having one of the best restaurants in the park system. It always amazed me that two of the consistently best restaurants (Kenlake and Lake Barkley) were so close to one another.

Since the Parks can’t provide gluten free information, I’m unable to eat at them any longer (which is a bummer because I’m all about our state parks!), but if you CAN, by all means, DO.

Kenlake Marina on Kentucky LakeThese pictures are from this past weekend. Kenlake is an especially beautiful, peaceful, and fun state park. When you go, be sure to explore the entire park to see all that it  has to see… and photograph. It’s usually less crowded than the other nearby parks, which can often be another plus.

Another great thing going for Kenlake is the fact that it’s mere minutes from two places you read A LOT about on Genuine Kentucky: Willow Pond and The Hitching Post & Old Country Store. It’s also a very short drive to Belew’s, another Kentucky Lake legend.

See More Pictures of Kenlake State Resort Park.

Fishing at Kenlake