Lakes / Kansas / Jackson County / Prairie Lake
Prairie Lake, Kansas
61 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
39.49 degrees N, 95.69 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 Prairie Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 30% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- The largest lake in Jackson County among those counted.
- About 31 miles from Topeka, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebo Lake | Jackson | 5.6 mi | 30 acres |
| Mission Lake | Brown | 16 mi | 126 acres |
| Clear Creek Lake | Atchison | 16 mi | 64 acres |
| Perry Lake | Jefferson | 25 mi | 10,769 acres |
| Brown County State Lake | Brown | 30 mi | 66 acres |
| Sabetha City Lake | Nemaha | 31 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 44641607). Verified October 30, 2026.