Lakes / Kansas / Ottawa County / State Lake
State Lake, Ottawa County, Kansas
96 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
39.11 degrees N, 97.57 degrees W - Ottawa 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 State Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 46% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 54 miles from Manhattan, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Lake | Clay | 30 mi | 29 acres |
| Milford Lake | Geary | 34 mi | 14,607 acres |
| Kanopolis Lake | Ellsworth | 40 mi | 3,460 acres |
| Geary County State Lake | Geary | 41 mi | 46 acres |
| Sportsmans Lake | Republic | 42 mi | 677 acres |
| Lake Herington | Dickinson | 44 mi | 171 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 134335220). Verified October 30, 2026.