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Lake Jericho RV Park
1317 Lake Access Rd.
Smithfield, Ky 40068

The Lake Jericho RV Park WEBSITE is now available, provided by NEW MANAGEMENT.

CALL for information regarding entrance/availability.
502 743-5205

ABOUT LAKE JERICHO & HISTORY

Lake Jericho is a 137 acre lake located in Henry County, Kentucky and is part of The Little Kentucky River Watershed Conservancy District. It opened for business on July 25, 1969.

In the late 1950's, recurring flooding damaged thousands of acres of cropland in Henry and Trimble Counties. The town of Sulphur was underwater and many homes were lost. The Henry and Trimble County Conservation Districts worked with the Fiscal Courts in each county and the Soil Conservation Service to develop a project that would protect residents in this watershed from future damage. A board of directors was formed from landowners within the watershed to oversee the activities.

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(The depth ranges from 10 to 40 feet,
with the lake being the deepest toward the dam.)
Common fish species caught are largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, and catfish.

Under SCS's PL-566 program, five flood retarding structures were installed throughout the watershed for a cost of $1.7 million. One of those structures, Lake Jericho, was also designed as a recreation area. The largest of the five lakes, Lake Jericho covers 136 surface acres and is open year round for fishing, camping, picnicking, etc. Around 40,000 people visit Lake Jericho annually, which produces close to $100,000 revenue each year. The recreation area has a full-time manager who is supervised by the watershed board. In addition to the income from Lake Jericho receipts, the Conservancy District receives revenue from a mileage tax imposed on land within the watershed that helps operate and maintain all five structures.
The Little Kentucky River Watershed Conservancy District is comprised of 8 members, 5 from Henry County and 3 from Trimble County. The board is a sub-district of the local county conservation districts. The Little Kentucky River Watershed Board of Directors meets monthly to review activities occurring within the watershed. All meetings are open to the public.

More photos from Lake Jericho...

All photos by: Joyce K. Meyer ©Copyright 1998 - 2026 Joyce K. Meyer. All Rights Reserved.
		"To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase it's usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed." --Theodore Roosevelt Message to Congress 12/3/1907
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ABOUT LAKE JERICHO & HISTORY Lake Jericho is a 137 acre lake located in Henry County, Kentucky and is part of The Little Kentucky River Watershed Conservancy District. It opened for business on July 25, 1969. In the late 1950's, recurring flooding damaged thousands of acres of cropland in Henry and Trimble Counties. The town of Sulphur was underwater and many homes were lost. The Henry and Trimble County Conservation Districts worked with the Fiscal Courts in each county and the Soil Conservation Service to develop a project that would protect residents in this watershed from future damage. A board of directors was formed from landowners within the watershed to oversee the activities.		(The depth ranges from 10 to 40 feet, with the lake being the deepest toward the dam.) Common fish species caught are largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, and catfish.
Under SCS's PL-566 program, five flood retarding structures were installed throughout the watershed for a cost of $1.7 million. One of those structures, Lake Jericho, was also designed as a recreation area. The largest of the five lakes, Lake Jericho covers 136 surface acres and is open year round for fishing, camping, picnicking, etc. Around 40,000 people visit Lake Jericho annually, which produces close to $100,000 revenue each year. The recreation area has a full-time manager who is supervised by the watershed board. In addition to the income from Lake Jericho receipts, the Conservancy District receives revenue from a mileage tax imposed on land within the watershed that helps operate and maintain all five structures. The Little Kentucky River Watershed Conservancy District is comprised of 8 members, 5 from Henry County and 3 from Trimble County. The board is a sub-district of the local county conservation districts. The Little Kentucky River Watershed Board of Directors meets monthly to review activities occurring within the watershed. All meetings are open to the public.