Lakes / Kansas / Pottawatomie County / Tuttle Creek Lake
Tuttle Creek Lake, Kansas
12,013 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
39.34 degrees N, 96.66 degrees W - Pottawatomie 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 Tuttle Creek Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #2 for surface area among the Kansas lakes counted so far - 12,013 acres.
- The largest lake in Pottawatomie County among those counted.
- About 12 miles from Manhattan, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Elbo | Pottawatomie | 12 mi | 31 acres |
| Milford Lake | Geary | 20 mi | 14,607 acres |
| Stillwater Lake | Clay | 30 mi | 29 acres |
| Geary County State Lake | Geary | 32 mi | 46 acres |
| Council Grove Lake | Morris | 45 mi | 2,899 acres |
| Washington County State Lake | Washington | 47 mi | 60 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 42091403). Verified October 30, 2026.