Lakes / Kentucky / Daviess County / Carpenters Lake
Carpenters Lake, Kentucky
69 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kentucky
37.85 degrees N, 86.98 degrees W - Daviess County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Carpenters Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 50% of the 160 lakes counted in Kentucky.
- The largest lake in Daviess County among those counted.
- About 67 miles from Bowling Green, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish and Game Farm Lake | Daviess | 3.1 mi | 28 acres |
| Sportsman Lake | Henderson | 31 mi | 34 acres |
| Rough River Lake | Breckinridge | 34 mi | 5,035 acres |
| Taylor Lake | Butler | 38 mi | 96 acres |
| Caneyville Reservoir | Grayson | 40 mi | 69 acres |
| Lake Number 1 | Grayson | 41 mi | 44 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Kentucky
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Cumberland | Wayne | 50,607 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Barkley | Trigg | 49,076 acres | - |
| 3 | Barren River Lake | Barren | 9,460 acres | - |
| 4 | Green River Lake | Adair | 8,439 acres | - |
| 5 | Cave Run Lake | Rowan | 8,099 acres | - |
All 160 Kentucky lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 56136262). Verified October 30, 2026.