Lakes / Missouri / Wayne County / Lake Wappapello
Lake Wappapello, Missouri
7,617.79 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Missouri
36.97 degrees N, 90.34 degrees W - Wayne 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 Wappapello Stacks Up
- Ranks #7 for surface area among the Missouri lakes counted so far - 7,617.79 acres.
- The largest lake in Wayne County among those counted.
- About 115 miles from St. Louis, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Lockloma | Butler | 12 mi | 25.45 acres |
| Wren Lake | Butler | 13 mi | 28.17 acres |
| Frontier Lake | Wayne | 23 mi | 67.21 acres |
| Pinewoods Lake | Carter | 24 mi | 32.37 acres |
| Lake of the Hills | Bollinger | 26 mi | 37.31 acres |
| Clearwater Lake | Reynolds | 28 mi | 1,634.85 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Missouri
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake of the Ozarks | Camden | 51,171.75 acres | - |
| 2 | Harry S Truman Reservoir | Benton | 49,365.93 acres | - |
| 3 | Table Rock Lake | Stone | 41,777.86 acres | - |
| 4 | Stockton Lake | Cedar | 24,962.34 acres | - |
| 5 | Mark Twain Lake | Ralls | 18,362.33 acres | - |
All 352 Missouri lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (The National Map) lake data (ID 120032495). Verified October 30, 2026.