Welcome to the Land Between the Lakes Guide
The Land Between The Lakes (LBL) is a 170,000 acre National Recreation Area nestled between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. Native wildlife such as deer, wild turkey, bobcat, bald eagle, osprey, and many other species call the wooded peninsula home.
LBL also maintains herds of elk and bison in a 750-acre habitat restoration area called the Elk & Bison Prairie. In addition to water sports, LBL contains over 200 miles of hiking, mountain biking, horseback and Off-Highway Vehicle trails which are open year-round. Other popular outdoor activities at LBL include camping, hunting, fishing, cycling, wildlife viewing and photography, picnicking, and of course, boating along the beautiful lakes. Visitors can drive through the Elk & Bison Prairie in search of wildlife; other interpretive facilities are The Homeplace-1850, a living history farm in which interpreters in period clothing demonstrate the life and work of an 1850's farm family;The Nature Station, an environmental education center which leads wildlife viewing excursions and offers other programming; and the Golden Pond Planetarium & Observatory, which offers regularly-scheduled planetarium shows and telescope viewing sessions. With over 2,000,000 visitors a year, Land Between the lakes enjoys visitors from all over the country and indeed the world, and LBL along with Lake Barkley, and Kentucky Lake are the bedrock of the areas $600 Million tourist industry. Once you leave the boarders of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, you will find a host of other activities that are sure to keep you busy during your time in LBL. From an abundance of golf, to family fun and restaurants, the Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley areas are filled with more fun than you can imagine.
