Lakes / Kansas / Ellsworth County / Kanopolis Lake
Kanopolis Lake, Kansas
3,460 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
38.63 degrees N, 98.00 degrees W - Ellsworth 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 Kanopolis Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 90% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 75 miles from Wichita, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spriggs Rock Lake | Rice | 16 mi | 26 acres |
| Clear Pond | McPherson | 21 mi | 29 acres |
| McPherson County State Lake | McPherson | 30 mi | 30 acres |
| Lake Inman | McPherson | 31 mi | 132 acres |
| Dirks Lake | Reno | 35 mi | 38 acres |
| Wilson Lake | Russell | 37 mi | 7,846 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 144399767). Verified October 30, 2026.