Paddling near Owensboro, KY

Set on the south bank of the Ohio River in Daviess County, Owensboro opens directly onto a major navigable waterway forming the Indiana–Kentucky border. The Ohio River Way—a designated National Water Trail running 308 miles—passes through this reach, while the Green River, Rough River Lake, and Indiana's Patoka and Tipsaw lakes give regional paddlers flatwater within an easy drive.