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Lakes Near Topeka, Kansas

39 counted Kansas lakes sit within 60 miles of Topeka - the largest is Tuttle Creek Lake at 12,013 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Tuttle Creek Lake	Pottawatomie	57 mi	12,013 acres	-
Perry Lake	Jefferson	15 mi	10,769 acres	-
John Redmond Reservoir	Coffey	55 mi	8,246 acres	-
Clinton Lake	Douglas	18 mi	7,341 acres	-
Melvern Lake	Osage	38 mi	6,290 acres	-
Hillsdale Lake	Miami	48 mi	4,342 acres	-
Pomona Lake	Osage	26 mi	3,781 acres	-
Council Grove Lake	Morris	51 mi	2,899 acres	-
Lake Kahola	Chase	54 mi	365 acres	-
Wyandotte County Lake	Wyandotte	49 mi	338 acres	-
Cedar Valley Reservoir	Anderson	59 mi	312 acres	-
Strowbridge Reservoir	Osage	16 mi	243 acres	-
Miola Lake	Miami	55 mi	185 acres	-
Douglas Lake	Douglas	33 mi	178 acres	-
Lone Star Lake	Douglas	22 mi	178 acres	-
Quivira Lake	Johnson	48 mi	161 acres	-
State Lake	Leavenworth	29 mi	152 acres	-
New Olathe Lake	Johnson	45 mi	143 acres	-
Lyon County State Lake	Lyon	41 mi	132 acres	-
Osage County Lake	Osage	19 mi	132 acres	-
Mission Lake	Brown	44 mi	126 acres	-
Shawnee Mission Lake	Johnson	47 mi	117 acres	-
Gardner Lake	Johnson	42 mi	107 acres	-
Lake Dabanawa	Jefferson	24 mi	79 acres	-
Brown County State Lake	Brown	58 mi	66 acres	-
Clear Creek Lake	Atchison	42 mi	64 acres	-
Admire-Allen City Lake	Lyon	37 mi	61 acres	-
Olathe Lake	Johnson	47 mi	61 acres	-
Prairie Lake	Jackson	31 mi	61 acres	-
Osage City Reservoir	Osage	31 mi	50 acres	-
Lake Stellamaris	Leavenworth	39 mi	46 acres	-
Yllier Lake	Leavenworth	34 mi	43 acres	-
Heritage Lake	Johnson	52 mi	39 acres	-
Lake Garnett	Anderson	57 mi	38 acres	-
Spring Hill City Lake	Johnson	49 mi	35 acres	-
Lake Elbo	Pottawatomie	45 mi	31 acres	-
Lake of the Forest	Wyandotte	45 mi	31 acres	-
Nebo Lake	Jackson	28 mi	30 acres	-
Osawatomie Lake	Miami	51 mi	27 acres	-

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.