| North Fork Kentucky River | |
|---|---|
 North Fork viewed from Perry County Park | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Payne Gap[1] |
| • coordinates | 37°09′19″N 82°39′04″W / 37.15541°N 82.65098°W |
| 2nd source | The Forks of Troublesome |
| • coordinates | 37°20′05″N 82°58′51″W / 37.33484°N 82.98086°W |
| 3rd source | Rockhouse Creek headwaters |
| • coordinates | 37°15′02″N 82°42′25″W / 37.25055°N 82.70696°W |
| Mouth | Kentucky River |
• location | just upstream of Beattyville[2] |
• coordinates | 37°35′12″N 83°40′12″W / 37.58664°N 83.67009°W |
| Length | 148 miles (238 km)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Hazard gage station[3] (1940–1991) |
| • minimum | 158 cubic feet per second (4,500 L/s)[3] |
| • maximum | 1,099 cubic feet per second (31,100 L/s)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cowan Creek (at mouth)[3] (1991) |
| • minimum | 0.64 cubic feet per second (18 L/s)[3] |
| • maximum | 1.22 cubic feet per second (35 L/s)[3] |
North Fork Kentucky River is a river in Kentucky in the United States.[2] It is a fork of the Kentucky River that it joins just upstream of Beattyville.[2] It is nearly 148 miles (238 km) long with an average slope of 3.2 feet per mile (0.61 m/km),[3] and an overall basin size (at Jackson) of 1,101 square miles (2,850 km2)[4]