[3] The lake is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) north of Bowling Green and is used for fishing.

There are many fossil molds and impressions of wood and bark structures in the sandstone facies, and many of these have been replaced with iron concretions.

[citation needed] Trash and stray or drop off animals are a continued problem due to the rural location of the lake.

[6] The main trail is to the right of the parking area, leading down towards the sandstone bluffs and an area called White Buffalo; it is called this due to a pastel drawing of a white buffalo or wolf drawn on the palisades of a box type canyon.

Shanty Hollow lake is considered one of the top ten most unusual and beautiful places in South Central Kentucky.