Lakes / Kansas / Jackson County / Nebo Lake
Nebo Lake, Kansas
30 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
39.45 degrees N, 95.60 degrees W - Jackson 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 Nebo Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 8% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 28 miles from Topeka, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Lake | Jackson | 5.6 mi | 61 acres |
| Clear Creek Lake | Atchison | 15 mi | 64 acres |
| Mission Lake | Brown | 17 mi | 126 acres |
| Perry Lake | Jefferson | 20 mi | 10,769 acres |
| Yllier Lake | Leavenworth | 28 mi | 43 acres |
| Lake Dabanawa | Jefferson | 29 mi | 79 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 44642777). Verified October 30, 2026.