History
Lake Lemon is located in the beautiful rolling hills of south-central Indiana just 10 miles northeast of Bloomington, Indiana. The scenic and tranquil setting attracts boaters and fishermen from as far as Kentucky and northern Indiana. In 1953 Lake Lemon, was built to serve as a drinking water reservoir and natural resource venue for the City of Bloomington's expanding population. Lake lemon was used as the primary drinking water source for the City of Bloomington until the late 1960's. Currently the reservoir serves as Bloomington's back up water suppl