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Lakes Near Kansas City, Missouri

57 counted Missouri lakes sit within 60 miles of Kansas City - the largest is Lake Jacomo at 999.5 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Jacomo	Jackson	16 mi	999.5 acres	-
Little Blue River Lakes	Jackson	15 mi	953.83 acres	-
Lake Lotawana	Jackson	21 mi	487.29 acres	-
Bean Lake	Platte	35 mi	419.58 acres	-
Harrisonville City Lake	Cass	26 mi	417.03 acres	-
Lewis and Clark Lake	Buchanan	40 mi	394.69 acres	-
Lake Contrary	Buchanan	47 mi	318.38 acres	-
Holden City Lake	Johnson	37 mi	285.16 acres	-
Lakewood Lake East	Jackson	13 mi	278.73 acres	-
Lake Winnebago	Cass	22 mi	271.67 acres	-
Edwin A Pape Lake	Lafayette	54 mi	251.06 acres	-
Pony Express Lake	DeKalb	49 mi	234.75 acres	-
Browning Lake	Buchanan	49 mi	204.6 acres	-
Higginsville Reservoir	Lafayette	49 mi	186.07 acres	-
Weatherby Lake	Platte	11 mi	185.33 acres	-
Prairie Lee Lake	Jackson	17 mi	142.63 acres	-
Riss Lake	Platte	9 mi	127.01 acres	-
Watkins Mill Lake	Clay	27 mi	99 acres	-
Number 172 Reservoir	Ray	28 mi	98.1 acres	-
Lake Arrowhead	Clinton	30 mi	93.15 acres	-
Pleasant Hill Lake	Cass	24 mi	92.91 acres	-
Cameron Reservoir Number 2	DeKalb	49 mi	92.17 acres	-
Hamilton Reservoir	Caldwell	53 mi	88.44 acres	-
Old Mud Lake	Buchanan	44 mi	87.23 acres	-
Lake Tapawingo	Jackson	15 mi	82.78 acres	-
Lake Waukomis	Platte	10 mi	76.11 acres	-
Lake McGinness	Clinton	35 mi	70.62 acres	-
Lake Lafayette	Lafayette	34 mi	67.77 acres	-
Berlin Reservoir	Platte	16 mi	62.76 acres	-
Carrollton Recreation Lake	Carroll	59 mi	62.69 acres	-
Horseshoe Lake	Buchanan	43 mi	55.6 acres	-
Butler Lake	Bates	57 mi	54.61 acres	-
Silver Lake	Cass	21 mi	54.36 acres	-
Adrian Reservoir	Bates	51 mi	49.63 acres	-
Drexel City Reservoir South	Bates	44 mi	43 acres	-
Maysville Reservoir	DeKalb	55 mi	41.88 acres	-
Six Mile Lane Lake	Clinton	34 mi	38.8 acres	-
Mud Lake	Platte	23 mi	38.26 acres	-
North Lake	Cass	31 mi	37.81 acres	-
Gopher Lake	Jackson	21 mi	37.79 acres	-
Sims Lake	Cass	24 mi	34.59 acres	-
Simmons Lake	Caldwell	44 mi	33.47 acres	-
Hicklin Lake	Lafayette	43 mi	33.13 acres	-
Cooley Lake	Clay	21 mi	33.11 acres	-
Rock Island Lake	Johnson	43 mi	32.87 acres	-
Cameron Reservoir Number 3	DeKalb	49 mi	30.75 acres	-
New Mud Lake	Buchanan	44 mi	30.64 acres	-
City Lake	Cass	33 mi	29.65 acres	-
Jackrabbit Lake	Jackson	20 mi	28.42 acres	-
Loch Leonard	Cass	27 mi	27.34 acres	-
Peculiar City Reservoir	Cass	29 mi	27.18 acres	-
Harper Lake	Cass	27 mi	26.19 acres	-
Lafayette A-21 Lake	Lafayette	31 mi	26.19 acres	-
Echo Lake	Johnson	33 mi	25.95 acres	-
Lake Nell	Jackson	20 mi	25.95 acres	-
Unity Lake Number Two	Jackson	14 mi	25.95 acres	-
Uhlmann Lake	Cass	24 mi	25.29 acres	-

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.