Lakes / Kansas / Sumner County / Wellington Lake
Wellington Lake, Kansas
525 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Kansas
37.22 degrees N, 97.52 degrees W - Sumner 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 Wellington Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 80% of the 132 lakes counted in Kansas.
- About 34 miles from Wichita, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Waltanna | Sedgwick | 27 mi | 27 acres |
| Lake Afton | Sedgwick | 28 mi | 164 acres |
| Anthony Municipal Lake | Harper | 29 mi | 80 acres |
| Timber Creek Lake | Cowley | 37 mi | 979 acres |
| Beech Lake | Sedgwick | 37 mi | 29 acres |
| Cowley County State Lake | Cowley | 41 mi | 74 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 148574526). Verified October 30, 2026.