The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The 688-mile-long (1,107 km) river drains almost 18,000 square miles of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. The river flows generally west from a source in the Appalachian Mountains to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, and the mouth of the Tennessee River.
It flows into Lake Barkley near the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, a section of land nestled between Lake Barkley, which is fed by the Cumberland River, and Kentucky Lake which is a reservoir created on the Tennessee River. A free flowing canal joins the two reservoirs at Grand Rivers, Kentucky.
Posts from the Cumberland River:
- Taking the Long Way
- A Side Trip to Nashville
- On the Way to Nashville
- Hey, Hey, Goodbye
- Night and Day
- A Mainship Flotilla
Moon Dance IV 