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Paddling Destinations

This is intended to be a short index of notable paddles of interest to flatwater paddlers near Louisville, Ky. It is not intended to be a complete index of all possible paddling locations within a certain distance. We'd like the index to include most descent destinations in and around Louisville, and only notable paddles outside of Louisville that warrant the drive. For an index of whitewater paddling destinations, see American Whitewater

*Distance is the distance from downtown Louisville

Body	Location	Class	Distance*	Backcountry Camping
Ohio River	Upper Pool	Flatwater	0	Yes
Ohio River	Falls of the Ohio	Flatwater to Class V	4	No
Harrods Creek	Harrods Creek Boat Harbor	Flatwater	10	No
Fourteen Mile Creek	Charlestown St Park	Flatwater	14	No
Southside Quarry	Southside Quarry	Flatwater	14	Sometimes
McNeely Lake	McNeely Lake Park	Lake	15	No
Tom Wallace Lake	Tom Wallace Lake	Lake	16	No
Deam Lake	Deam Lake	Lake	20	No
Long Run Park	Long Run Park	Lake	23	No
Taylorsville Lake	Taylorsville Lake	Lake	42	No
Guist Creek Lake	Guist Creek Lake	Lake	38	No
Floyds Fork	Miles Park to Fisherville	Class I/II	20	No
Blue River	Rothrock Mill	Class I/II	35	Possible
Elkhorn Creek	Elkhorn Acres to Hwy 127	Class I/II	60	Possible
Elkhorn Creek	Campground to Elkhorn Acres	Class II/III	60	Possible
Salt River	Taylorsville Lake Tailwaters	Class I	40	Not Recommended
Freeman Lake	Elizabethtown	Lake	49	No
Patoka Lake	Patoka Lake	Lake	65	Possible
Kentucky River	Palisades	Flatwater	90	Possible
Green River	300 Springs	Flatwater	75	Possible
Dix River	Dix River	Flatwater/Class II	90	Not Recommended
Driftwood River	Blues Canoe Livery	Class I	80	Possible
Lake Monroe	Lake Monroe	Lake	90	Possible
Nolin Lake	Nolin Lake	Lake	100	No
Lake Cumberland	Lake Cumberland	Lake		Possible
Red River	Red River	Flatwater/Class III	137	Possible
Cave Run Lake	Cave Run Lake	Lake	140	Possible
Dale Hollow	Dale Hollow	Lake	141	Yes
Grayson Lake	Grayson Lake	Lake	172	Not Likely
Land Between The Lakes	Kentucky Lake	Lake	200	Yes
Land Between The Lakes	Lake Barkley	Lake	200	Yes
Lake Superior	Pictured Rocks	Flatwater	700	Yes
Lake Superior	Apostle Islands	Flatwater	800	Yes
Green River Lake	Green River Lake	Lake		Possible
Big South Fork	Big South Fork	Class I-IV		Yes
Boundary Waters	Boundary Waters	Lake		Yes