Laurel River Lake

Is Laurel River Lake good for swimming?

Laurel River Lake sits at 36.9635, -84.2192. Outflow feeds the outflow =. It reaches roughly 280 feet at its deepest. It lies at roughly 1,015 feet of elevation.

The shoreline of Laurel River Lake has 1 named swimming spot in the datasets we read. Among them are Laurel River Lake. These come from Recreation.gov (RIDB). None is staffed by a lifeguard unless the managing agency posts one.

Nearby water includes Lake Cumberland (Kentucky, 46 mi), Buckhorn Lake (Kentucky, 49 mi) and Norris Lake (Tennessee, 49 mi). In all, 18 lakes in Kentucky are covered here.

No public sensor reports water temperature at Laurel River Lake, so the panel shows air temperature and wind. Most Kentucky day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. If the water looks like pea soup or paint, stay out and report it to the managing agency.

Ask the managing agency directly if the level matters for your trip. Laurel River Lake has no public water level gauge that we can read, so there is no level chart here. An invented number would be worse than none.