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Lake Linville
Lake Linville
	View of Lake looking west
	Lake Linville
Location	Rockcastle County, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates	37°23′19″N 84°20′44″W / 37.3887°N 84.3455°W
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	356 acres (144 ha)
Average depth	16 ft (4.9 m)
Max. depth	36 ft (11 m)
Shore length1	7.9 mi (12.7 km)
Surface elevation	969 ft (295 m)
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Linville is a 356-acre (1.44 km²) reservoir in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was created in 1968^[1] by the construction of the earthen Renfro Dam, 72 feet (22 m) high with a length of 1,100 feet (340 m), owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The dam is a highway fill embankment along Interstate 75.

Facilities

Facilities include a launching ramp, boat dock, campground, splash pad and parking area. Boats, live bait, and tackle are available.

Fishery

Species in the lake include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, white crappie, hybrid bass, channel catfish, bluegill, longear sunfish, carp, yellow Bullhead, and snail like monsters.

References

^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Lakes". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.

External links

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

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[kye-1] Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Lakes". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.

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