Cheney Reservoir

Swimming at Cheney Reservoir

Its coordinates are 37.7597, -97.8350. Maximum depth is around 42 feet. The surface sits around 1,422 feet above sea level. Outflow feeds the North Fork Ninnescah River.

The same station reports water temperature, last read at 81.0 °F. Inland lakes are not monitored the way ocean beaches are, so posted signs matter more here. Most Kansas day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it.

Station 07144790, CHENEY RE NR CHENEY, KS, publishes the water surface elevation used here. The last value stored here, 1,420.35 ft, is from 2026-09-09. The top of the dam sits at 1,454.0 ft. Over the record shown on the level page the gauge has moved between 1,420.38 ft and 1,425.71 ft (low on 2026-09-08, high on 2026-06-30). The Corps of Engineers puts the top of the flood pool at 1,429.0 ft. The conservation pool tops out at 1,421.6 ft. A low pool exposes stumps and mud in the shallow arms of the lake.

A missing beach entry often just means nobody has catalogued the access point yet. There is no beach on record at Cheney Reservoir in the datasets this guide reads.

If Cheney Reservoir is busy, the nearest alternatives here are El Dorado Lake (Kansas, 56 mi), Marion Reservoir (Kansas, 59 mi) and Kanopolis Lake (Kansas, 60 mi). Kansas has 26 lakes on this site in total.