Lakes / Kentucky / Wolfe County / Mill Creek Lake
Mill Creek Lake, Kentucky
30 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kentucky
37.77 degrees N, 83.67 degrees W - Wolfe 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 Mill Creek Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 12% of the 160 lakes counted in Kentucky.
- About 49 miles from Lexington, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Calk Lake | Powell | 14 mi | 34 acres |
| Clear Creek Lake | Bath | 20 mi | 44 acres |
| Greenbrier Creek Reservoir | Montgomery | 20 mi | 175 acres |
| Panbowl Lake | Breathitt | 21 mi | 86 acres |
| Cave Run Lake | Rowan | 23 mi | 8,099 acres |
| Beulah Lake | Jackson | 30 mi | 76 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 31881748). Verified October 30, 2026.