Lakes / Kansas / Dickinson County / Lake Herington
Lake Herington, Kansas
171 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
38.66 degrees N, 96.99 degrees W - Dickinson 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 Lake Herington Stacks Up
- Larger than 65% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 43 miles from Manhattan, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geary County State Lake | Geary | 18 mi | 46 acres |
| Marion County Lake | Marion | 24 mi | 139 acres |
| Council Grove Lake | Morris | 26 mi | 2,899 acres |
| McPherson County State Lake | McPherson | 29 mi | 30 acres |
| Chase County State Lake | Chase | 30 mi | 106 acres |
| Lake Kahola | Chase | 32 mi | 365 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 125348051). Verified October 30, 2026.