Tuttle Creek Lake

Tuttle Creek Lake at a glance

Its coordinates are 39.3333, -96.6667. It lies at roughly 1,076 feet of elevation. Outflow feeds the Big Blue River to Kansas River. The deepest point on record is about 49 feet.

Station 06886900, TUTTLE C LK NR MANHATTAN, KS, publishes the water surface elevation used here. Over the record shown on the level page the gauge has moved between 1,075.78 ft and 1,095.08 ft (low on 2026-04-09, high on 2026-06-17). The last value stored here, 1,078.40 ft, is from 2026-09-09. A low pool exposes stumps and mud in the shallow arms of the lake.

The closest lakes in this guide are Milford Lake (Kansas, 21 mi), Council Grove Lake (Kansas, 44 mi) and Lake Shawnee (Kansas, 60 mi). Kansas has 26 lakes on this site in total.

The shoreline of Tuttle Creek Lake has 3 public recreation areas in the datasets we read. Recreation areas nearby include Stockdale, Carnahan Park and Tuttle Creek Cove Park. Fees and opening dates are set by each park, not by the agency that runs the water.

Most Kansas day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Check the operating agency for advisories before any water contact, especially for blue-green algae in late summer. Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read.