Size: 9419 acres
Location: Spencer, Anderson & Nelson
Contact: (502) 477-9024; COE office (502) 477-8882
Elevation: minimum 479 feet, maximum 804 feet.
Entrance GPS coordinates: Latitude N 38.0155, Longitude W -85.2257
Area Habitat: open land 4.92%, forest 93.10%, wetland 0.36%, open water 1.57%.
Regulations
Throughout March and April, trained officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will use prescribed burns for habitat improvement projects in agency WMAs. Fire experts conduct controlled burns to help restore local ecosystems dependent on fire. Local officials have been notified. Please check back for more information.
Old River Road at Taylorsville Lake WMA will be accessible throughout most of spring turkey season
Old River Road, which runs along the Salt River at Taylorsville Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Anderson County, will be open to vehicular traffic throughout most of the spring turkey season, except for the first two days (April 18-19). The access gates at Palmer Road and Old River Road off KY 44, open from daylight until dark through summer, will close at sunset on Friday, April 17, and reopen at sunrise on Monday, April 20. Parking areas along Old River Road will remain accessible throughout the weekend.
Please Note: High water or road maintenance may require additional temporary closures of Old River Road as needed throughout the year and will be posted by signage. Parking is allowed only in designated parking lots and pull offs. Driving through fields or illegal parking may result in violations being issued.
Spring Hunting Season:
Open under statewide rules and regulations in effect for the county. During the spring season, only one legal turkey can be harvested per WMA.
Shooting Range Information
A person shall not target practice, sight in a firearm, or discharge a firearm in any area except the shooting range. Shooting multiple projectile shells is not permitted on Tube Ranges. Club Ranges are off-limits unless authorized by an approved event with a club range safety officer. A person shall not discharge a firearm within 100 yards of a residence or occupied building, whether or not the building is on the WMA.
Shooting Range Permit Required:
An annual or one-day shooting range permit is now required to use firearms and archery equipment on any department managed, leased or affiliated shooting range. The permit system will help the agency better gauge how many people use the ranges, promote safe practices, and support maintenance and improvements.
The permit is free to annual hunting or fishing license holders, but you must obtain it through My Profile.
Prohibited Activities:
- Damage a tree or shrub (No installation of targets on trees or shrubs)
- Dump trash or litter (Clean up targets and spent shells)
- Deface or destroy a signs
- Pose a risk to persons or property (Shooters responsible for ensuring adequate backstop)
- Engage in an activity which could unreasonably interfere with other uses or users of the area
Accessible WMA
Area: Area bounded by Highway 2239 and the tailwater access road (portion designated as Special Management Unit "A" on the WMA Map).
Terrain: Rolling to level.
ADA Acreage: Approx. 310 Acres.
For more information, please consult the Public Lands page.