Newby Cemetery Road

Trail Overview

Newby Cemetery Road takes you to the Newby Cemetery and Duncan Bay on Lake Kentucky. The trail is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn into mud holes after heavy rain. Usually a very easy road. The land between the Lakes is a 170,000-acre inland peninsula. Approximately 110,000 acres of Land between the Lakes are in Kentucky and 60,000 acres are in Tennessee. It makes up one of the largest, contiguous blocks of public land in the southeastern United States.

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Difficulty

The trail can be impassable after heavy rain if the creek floods the road.

History

Before modern transportation and developed road systems, many families buried their deceased on small family plots or in community church cemeteries. There are more than 270 known cemeteries in Land Between the Lakes. These cemeteries are remnants of the communities that existed prior to the creation of Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. Please be respectful of these cemeteries and the importance they represent to the people who once lived here.

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