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Water Sports
Whether you sail, captain a personal watercraft or prefer easygoing sight-seeing from a pontoon boat you are never far from a lake in Kansas. The Sunflower State offers more than 200 square miles of water served by modern marinas and campgrounds.
The state's 24 primary reservoirs range in size from 1,200 acres to a whopping 16,000 acres. Most reservoirs are part of state parks with well-kept swimming beaches, picnic areas and campgrounds near the water.
Sailing
Steady prairie winds make Cheney Reservoir a blue-water racetrack for sail boaters and windsurfers. In fact, this 9,500-acre reservoir rates as one of the nation's top sailing lakes.
Boating
Kansas lakes and reservoirs offer the recreational boater a variety of opportunities to spend many hours on the water. Whether in a pontoon or speed boat, mile after mile of lake and reservoir shorelines throughout Kansas make boating a favorite outdoor activity.
Cedar Bluff Reservoir, 20 miles south of WaKeeney, provides 6,800 acres of boating plus 100-foot-tall bluffs along one shore.
Kansas boating
Water Skiing
Clinton Lake, near Lawrence, offers a full service marina and a separate launching area for windsurfers and Jet Skis. There always seems to be a party going on at this lake which has been named among the nation's 50 best boating lakes by Boating World.
Learning to water ski or just want to improve your skills? Visit KC Watersports Cable Water Ski and Wakeboard Lake.
Canoing and Kayaking
Relax, emerge yourself in day dreams, watch wildlife from a front row seat as you paddle the Kansas River. The world's longest prairie-based river is navigable for most of its 171 miles from near Junction City to Kansas City.
Kayakers paddle in shallow waters at 9,000-acre Wilson Lake where sandstone formations rise like castles to make for some majestic scenery.
Kansas Canoe and Kayak Association
Canoe Rentals
Water Safety
Maintaining safety on Kansas lakes and reservoirs is a primary objective of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Enhance you boating and swimming by being familiar with lake and reservoir policies.
Photo courtesy of Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau
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