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Lakes Near Paducah, Kentucky

44 counted Kentucky lakes sit within 60 miles of Paducah - the largest is Lake Barkley at 49,076 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Barkley	Trigg	38 mi	49,076 acres	-
Brushy Pond	Ballard	26 mi	1,903 acres	-
Lake Beshear	Caldwell	50 mi	835 acres	-
Energy Lake	Trigg	35 mi	326 acres	-
Honker Lake	Trigg	34 mi	206 acres	-
Swan Pond	Ballard	29 mi	199 acres	-
Maple Lake	Crittenden	26 mi	149 acres	-
Lake Number 9	Fulton	58 mi	147 acres	-
Hematite Lake	Trigg	33 mi	135 acres	-
Minor Lake	Ballard	30 mi	112 acres	-
Cap Mauzy Lake	Union	55 mi	80 acres	-
Fish Lake	Carlisle	34 mi	68 acres	-
Clear Pond	Ballard	27 mi	63 acres	-
Walker Lake	Webster	58 mi	62 acres	-
Turner Lake	Ballard	25 mi	60 acres	-
Forked Lake	Carlisle	32 mi	57 acres	-
Pleasant View Lake	Hopkins	59 mi	54 acres	-
Long Pond	Ballard	29 mi	53 acres	-
Pennyrile Lake	Christian	52 mi	52 acres	-
Mitchell Lake	Ballard	25 mi	51 acres	-
First Lake	Ballard	30 mi	50 acres	-
Grassy Lake	Ballard	30 mi	50 acres	-
Moffit Lake	Union	53 mi	48 acres	-
Providence City Lake	Webster	49 mi	46 acres	-
Clear Lake	Ballard	27 mi	43 acres	-
Sandy Slough	Ballard	30 mi	41 acres	-
Shelby Lake	Ballard	24 mi	38 acres	-
Flat Lake	Ballard	28 mi	37 acres	-
Hunters Pond	Ballard	29 mi	37 acres	-
Metropolis Lake	McCracken	10 mi	37 acres	-
Homestead Lake	Hopkins	58 mi	36 acres	-
Railroad Lake	Caldwell	41 mi	36 acres	-
Brushy Pond	Crittenden	25 mi	34 acres	-
Hamby Pond	Fulton	53 mi	34 acres	-
Prairie Lake	Ballard	28 mi	34 acres	-
Boyd Lake	Christian	56 mi	33 acres	-
Fish Lake	Ballard	27 mi	30 acres	-
Crawford Lake	McCracken	17 mi	29 acres	-
Colvin Lake	Ballard	23 mi	28 acres	-
Shotgun Lake	Graves	25 mi	26 acres	-
Barnett Lake	Crittenden	28 mi	25 acres	-
Clear Pond	Livingston	16 mi	25 acres	-
Priester Lake	McCracken	4 mi	25 acres	-
Stephens Lake	Hickman	35 mi	25 acres	-

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.