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Kids Fishing Tournament 2017
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Services
Boat Launch / Rental Slips / Fishing Pier
Year Round Seasonal Hours
Boat Rental
April Friday - Sunday 8 AM - 5 PM Rental due in 5 PM May 1 - 20 Wednesday - Sunday
Memorial - Labor Day
6:30 AM - 6:00 PM Sunday - Saturday
Post Labor Day - October 31 Last Rentals due in by 5 PM
8 AM - 5 PM Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Campground Closed December 1 - March 31
PrimitiveTentSite, RV Sitesw/WES/WES Length ofStay:14Days CapacityRestrictions:Maximum OneTent/One RV per Site Maximum 4 Guests One Vehicle per Site
Rustic Camp Cabin Rental (Tax Rate Cabins only 17.25%)
April - November
TwoNight Minimum/Guest must provide Linens Catfish I Sleeps Maximum 3 & Catfish II Sleeps Maximum 4
$37.00 + tax per night for two guests
$5.00 + tax per night per each extra guest
Shelter Rental
Three Four Hour Time Blocks
8 AM - 12 PM / 1 PM - 5 PM / 6 PM - 10 PM
Lake View 75+ Guests Large Grill $25.00 per Block Lake Side 15 Guests $12.00 per Block
Daily Ramp or Boat Permit
$5.00 Permit Fee for each Boat, Canoe or Kayak
For more information call: 1.931.788.2034
Photos
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Friendly Butterfly |
North American Blue Jay |
Broad Leaf Arrowhead |
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Cardinal Flower |
Caterpillar On Milkweed |
Cloudless Sulphur |
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Bald Eagle Arrival |
Bald Eagle At Meadow Park Lake |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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Grass-Leafed Blazingstar |
Gulf Fritillary |
Harvest Bells |
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Dragonfly |
Northern Flicker |
Wooded Stream |
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Male Pileated Woodpecker |
Red Tailed Hawk |
Red Headed Woodpecker |
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Red Admiral |
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker |
Bald Eagle |
Above Photos by DJ Stanley of Crossville, Tennessee.
Eagle photos by Joe Kerley.
Alex Walker 15 of Crossville Tennessee displays a 2.5 pound Large Mouth Bass caught off the docks.
Gordon Wells displays seven nice Crappie. The Largest weighed in at over 2 pounds and measured 16 1/2 inches long.
History
Meadow Park Lake was built as a necessity to provide water for the City of Crossville. Prior to building the lake city residents and businesses were supplied with water from a well at the old canning plant and then from the Hotel Taylor well. At this time the city was pumping around 14000 gallons per day.
January 1937 T.M. Rector, L. T. Thurman and Moses E. Dorton signed papers with the government to build the Meadow Creek Falls Dam. The city was to supply the land and pay 10% of the cost of materials. WPA was to supply the labor and remainder of the cost of the materials for the project. Work on the project started in March of 1937. In 1938 a contest was done to name the new lake. Commissioners Rector, Thurman, and Dorton along with H.I. Bilbrey, Mrs. W.F. Bandy and S. C. Bishop made up the committee to select the winning name. Highland Lake, Lake Crossville, Meadow Falls Lake, and Meadow Park Lake were the final four names. The latter was chosen due to an effort to convert the surrounding area into a recreational park. The winning entry was made by Laverne Tabor. Mrs. Tabor received ten dollars from the city. June 25, 1939 a dedication for Meadow Park Lake was done, with 15,000 attending the ceremony and boat races. Judge George L. Burnett was the master of ceremonies, and Mayor T. M. Rector gave the welcome address. Other speakers included Moses E. Dorton, M. S. Roberts from the firm of Freeland and Roberts and Congressman Albert Gore.
Meadow Park Lake is approximately 269 surface acres. Depths range from two to twenty-four feet. The lake has large mouth bass, catfish, crappie, and bream along with many other aquatic species. Meadow Park has over twenty-two hundred acres of mostly forrested land abundant with wildlife.
