18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Newburg Cemetery in the middle of Kentucky Lake

Newburg Cemetery, or “cemetery island”, is located in the middle of Kentucky Lake and is only visible a few months a year when the lake is at winter pool. One lonely gravestone is all that’s left from this town that was flooded to make Kentucky Lake.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Calloway, Ky, United States of America
Copyright: © Lillian Kirkpatrick