Wilson Lake
- Area
- 36 km²
- Tonight
- 59°FRain showers · Wind 10 mph SSE
Wilson Lake is a lake at 461 m above sea level in Kansas, United States, 36 km² in area and 17.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 461 m
- Length
- 17.6 km
- Shoreline
- 116.7 km
Wilson Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 116.7 km
Wilson Lake 3D map
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Wilson 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.
Wilson Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Wilson Lake weather
Today · Rain showers at night · 59 / 75°F (15 / 24°C) · 44% chance of precipitation · Wind 6–13 mph SSE
Wilson Lake forecast for about 482 m.
- Today59°75°44%6–13 mph SSE
- Mon54°72°65%10–17 mph S
- Tue57°73°20%6–18 mph S
- Wed58°77°2%9–13 mph S
- Thu62°79°16%10–16 mph S
- Fri58°77°31%18–22 mph S
- Sat54°72°40%16–20 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 25, 13:26 UTC.
Camping & parking near Wilson Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Wilson Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Wilson State Park Wheatgrass Campground
Nearest parking
4.5 km ESE
Nearest trailhead
Switchgrass Trails Main Trailhead
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Wilson State Park Wheatgrass CampgroundCampsite | 4.3 km ESE |
| Wilson State Park Foxtail CampgroundCampsite | 4.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 4.5 km ESE |
| Parking | 4.5 km ESE |
| Parking | 4.7 km ESE |
| Wilson State Park Grama CampgroundCampsite | 4.7 km ESE |
| Switchgrass Trails Main TrailheadTrailhead | 5.0 km SE |
| Dakota Nature TrailTrailhead | 5.0 km ESE |
| Switchgrass Trails North TrailheadTrailhead | 6.1 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 19.6 × 19.6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 384 km² view
- Relief in view
- 141 m low point 432 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 9.8 km; 457 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Eastern Collared Lizard87
- Texas Horned Lizard36
- Ornate Box Turtle32
- Striped Bark Scorpion32
- Prairie Lizard27
- Slender Glass Lizard26
Where Wilson Lake sits
- Region
- Kansas4United States943North America1,328
Nearby places
Kanopolis Lake↑60 km SE
Waconda Lake↑63 km NNE
Harlan County ReservoirLake↑140 km NNW
Milford Lake↑144 km E
Tuttle Creek Lake↑170 km ENE
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-20)
- 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)
- 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)
- Sources
- Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia