Lakes / Kansas / Wyandotte County / Lake of the Forest
Lake of the Forest, Kansas
31 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
39.07 degrees N, 94.84 degrees W - Wyandotte 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 of the Forest Stacks Up
- Larger than 11% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 12 miles from Kansas City, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quivira Lake | Johnson | 4.2 mi | 161 acres |
| Shawnee Mission Lake | Johnson | 6.2 mi | 117 acres |
| Wyandotte County Lake | Wyandotte | 7.3 mi | 338 acres |
| New Olathe Lake | Johnson | 13 mi | 143 acres |
| Olathe Lake | Johnson | 15 mi | 61 acres |
| Gardner Lake | Johnson | 16 mi | 107 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 34378836). Verified October 30, 2026.