
Clinton Lake
- Area
- 29 km²
- Tonight
- 55°FCloudy · Wind 0–5 mph SE
Clinton Lake is a lake at 266 m above sea level in Kansas, United States, 29 km² in area and 10.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 266 m
- Length
- 10.2 km
- Shoreline
- 66.7 km
Clinton Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 66.7 km
Clinton Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.2 × 12.2 km
Clinton Lake terrain and contours
5 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Clinton Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Clinton Lake weather
Today · Fair · 55 / 79°F (13 / 26°C) · Wind 5 mph S
Clinton Lake forecast for about 272 m.
- Today55°79°–5 mph S
- Mon56°77°16%5 mph S
- Tue57°73°17%5–10 mph S
- Wed59°78°19%10 mph S
- Thu60°80°19%5–10 mph S
- Fri58°78°31%10–15 mph S
- Sat56°74°60%10 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 25, 14:21 UTC.
Camping & parking near Clinton Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Clinton Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.3 km W
Nearest campsite
Hickory Campground
Nearest trailhead
Clinton Lake North Shore Trails Trailhead 2
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.3 km W |
| Parking | 0.3 km WSW |
| Parking | 0.3 km W |
| Hickory CampgroundCampsite | 0.8 km WSW |
| Cedar Ridge CampgroundCampsite | 1.0 km WNW |
| Walnut CampgroundCampsite | 1.1 km WSW |
| Clinton Lake North Shore Trails Trailhead 2Trailhead | 2.9 km NNE |
| Clinton Lake North Shore Trails TrailheadTrailhead | 3.8 km NE |
Slope
Share of the 12.2 × 12.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 149 km² view
- Relief in view
- 89 m low point 247 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.1 km; 1,226 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Ring-necked Snake74
- White-tailed Deer66
- Yellow Garden Spider59
- North American Wheel Bug58
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog54
- Bald Eagle52
Where Clinton Lake sits
- Region
- Kansas4United States943North America1,328
Nearby places
Perry Lake↑28 km NNW
Melvern Lake↑53 km SSW
Longview Lake↑79 km E
Lake Jacomo↑93 km E
Tuttle Creek Lake↑120 km WNW
More 1
Clinton Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-28)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)