Lakes / Kansas / Cowley County / Cowley County State Lake
Cowley County State Lake, Kansas
74 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
37.10 degrees N, 96.80 degrees W - Cowley County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Cowley County State Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 39% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 50 miles from Wichita, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Creek Lake | Cowley | 18 mi | 979 acres |
| Lake Clymer | Butler | 32 mi | 102 acres |
| Sedan City Lake | Chautauqua | 33 mi | 31 acres |
| Polk Daniels Lake | Elk | 41 mi | 65 acres |
| Wellington Lake | Sumner | 41 mi | 525 acres |
| Augusta Lake | Butler | 43 mi | 184 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Kansas
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milford Lake | Geary | 14,607 acres | - |
| 2 | Tuttle Creek Lake | Pottawatomie | 12,013 acres | - |
| 3 | Perry Lake | Jefferson | 10,769 acres | - |
| 4 | Cheney Reservoir | Reno | 9,765 acres | - |
| 5 | Waconda Lake | Mitchell | 9,339 acres | - |
All 132 Kansas lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 149408873). Verified October 30, 2026.