Phone: 270-769-3916
270-765-4606
Hours: 7AM - Dusk (everyday)
Location: 140 Freeman Lake Park Road
Facilities: 170 acre lake
93 acres of picnic areas
Volleyball courts, playgrounds
2 Large picnic shelters with restrooms
2 smaller picnic shelters
Bandstand
7 miles of walking trails around lake
Lincoln Heritage House
One Room School House
Sara Bush Johnson Log Cabin
18-hole disc golf course
Activities: Kentucky Heartland Festival (late Aug.)
Pops in the Park-Louisville Orchestra Concert (July)
Fourth of July Celebration
Christmas in the Park (Thanksgiving Eve-New Years)

- Freeman Lake Park -


There is a 10 MPH speed limit.

Prohibited:  Alcoholic beverages, swimming, night fishing, parking on grass and gas engines on lake

Electric trolling motors are allowed. Bait available at park office.
Facility Fees
Fishing Permits Individual Seniors
One Day $5.00 $3.00
One Year $20.00 $10.00
Resident Veterans 50%-100% disabled - Free
Age 16+ must have appropriate license and permit
Fish Limits
Daily Limit/Minimum Size
Large Mouth Bass 1 / 15"
Channel Cat Fish 4 / 15"
Crappie no limit
Rainbow Trout 5 / None
Bluegill no limit
Shell Cracker no limit
Pavilions
Large Small
Fri-Sun, Holidays
(9am-close)
$60.00 $30.00
Mon-Thu
(9am-close)
$35.00 $25.00
Bandstand
  (Mon-Thu)
$75/day
(non-profit)
$125/day +
12% ticket sales
(profit)
Bandstand
  (Fri-Sun, Holidays)
$90/day
(non-profit)
$140/day +
12% ticket sales
(profit)
Boats/Canoes
Row Boat $2/hour or $10/day + $.25 per cushion
Paddle Boat $5/hour
Private Boat Launch $1/day or $5/month or $30/year

Copyright © 1998-2008 by the
Elizabethtown Tourism & Convention Bureau
in cooperation with the Kentucky Dept. of Tourism
- Elizabethtown, Kentucky -