Lakes / Kansas / Elk County / Polk Daniels Lake
Polk Daniels Lake, Kansas
65 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
37.46 degrees N, 96.22 degrees W - Elk 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 Polk Daniels Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 33% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 62 miles from Wichita, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall River Lake | Greenwood | 16 mi | 2,350 acres |
| Sedan City Lake | Chautauqua | 20 mi | 31 acres |
| Toronto Lake | Woodson | 26 mi | 2,298 acres |
| Lake Clymer | Butler | 26 mi | 102 acres |
| Elk City Lake | Montgomery | 27 mi | 3,409 acres |
| Eureka City Lake | Greenwood | 30 mi | 252 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 51965886). Verified October 30, 2026.