boatwright wildlife management area
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First Lake
Honey Lake
Grassy Lake
Long Pond
Arrowhead Lake
Flat Lake
Axe Lake
Fish Lake
Sandy Slough
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Buck Lake
Clear Pond
Twin Lake
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Brushy Pond
Deep SloughCross Slough
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Little Brushy Pond
Tupelo Pond
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Peal Unit
Swan Lake Unit
Olmsted Unit
Harper
Prairie Lake Unit
Waller Ben Unit
Burnt Pond Unit
Upper Blenderman
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Stallings Unit
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Payne Unit
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Payne Unit
Perkins Unit
Zola Taress
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Stevens Unit
Little Clark Estate
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Boatwright Wildlife Management Area
Map prepared by Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources (KDFWR). Although KDFWRstrives for accuracy, data used to create this mapare from a variety of sources and dates; as such,KDFWR makes no representations regarding theaccuracy or fitness for use of the informationfurnished herein.
Note to Map UsersA map legend and additional informationare provided on PDF pages thataccompany this map.Publication Date: 2/11/2021Land Cover Classifcation from National Land Cover Database 2011
Contour interval: 10 feet1:60,000Map Scale
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Boatwright WMA Information
Public Hunting Area Location
Regional Locator
WMA Overview Location & Size: Ballard County, 8854 acres
Contact: (270) 224-2244
Elevation: minimum 295 feet, maximum 361 feet.
Entrance GPS coordinates: Latitude N 37.00954,
Longitude W -89.12183 Area Habitat: mostly wetland: open land 34%,
forest 15%, wetland 41%, open water 10%.
Directions & Description:
Peal Unit (1835 acres): 4 miles west of Barlow on
Mounds City Landing RD. River bottomland with
marshlands and cypress swamps; 2 roads, access to
3 oxbow lakes. Special regulations for waterfowl
hunting.
Upper Blenderman Unit (308 acres): same address
as Peal. Special regulations for waterfowl hunting.
Zola Taress Unit (100 acres): same address as Peal.
Open under statewide regulations.
Stevens Unit (73 acres): same address as Peal.
Special regulations for waterfowl hunting.
Swan Lake Unit (2,299 acres): 6 miles northwest of
Wickliffe on US 51/60. Primarily bottomland and
flood plain area of the Ohio River, with several
lakes and some interior gravel roads. Wintering
ring-billed and herring gulls, double-crested
cormorants, waterfowl, bald eagles. Special
regulations for hunting, advance application for
waterfowl hunting. Except for designated
observation area, Swan Lake Unit closed Oct. 15-
March 15 as waterfowl refuge. Public hunting
closed when floodwaters prevent safe entry to
blinds by wheeled vehicles. Fishing and boating
available. Open under statewide regulations,
Olmsted Unit (2,005 acres): 4 miles west of Barlow
on Sallie Crice RD. Special regulations for
waterfowl hunting.
Other units include the Stalling Unit (148 acres),
Perkins Unit (169 acres), Parkins Unit East (62
acres), Little Clark Estate (59 acres), and Harper
(256 acres).
Online Resources Public Hunting Area users must abide by the
Kentucky hunting, trapping, and fishing regulations.
It is incumbent on persons using Public Hunting
Areas to become familiar with these regulations.
Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources
provides these regulations on our Web site at
fw.ky.gov or by calling 1-800-858-1549.
WMA Map Legend!? WMA Office
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!F Trailhead
!È Horseback Trailhead
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!Õ Interpretive Site
!Í Retriever Training SiteGate
!9 CampgroundÀ¾ï Cemetery
Corps of Engineers OfficeWaterfowl Blind
¾ÆO Shooting Range
!l Established Bank Access
¾O Fishing Pier
¾\ Carrydown Launch
!y Small Boat Ramp
!y Large Boat Ramp
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WMA BoundaryAerial photographOther Public Hunting AreasArea Off LimitsNo HuntingSeasonally Restricted AccessMobility Impaired Hunting AreaPrimitive Hunting OnlyFoot Traffic OnlyOpen WaterWetlandWoodland
! Populated PlaceKentucky BoundaryInterstate HighwayKentucky ParkwayU.S. HighwayState HighwayLocal RoadForest Service RoadActive RailroadAbandoned RailroadFederal Recreation TrailWMA RoadWMA Foot TrailWMA Horse Trail
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Wildlife Management Area Map Notes & LegendNOTE TO MAP USERS:For most WMA maps the landscape is depicted using a combination of elevation contours, hillshadingand a green tint indicating woodland areas that is derived from satellite imagery. On WMAs that arerelatively small or have a history of surface mining aerial photography is used.
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