MissouriReservoirJackson County

Blue Springs Lake

Blue Springs Lake is a 720-acre reservoir on the east fork Little Blue River in Missouri. You will find it in Jackson County. Management is in the hands of Jackson County Parks + Rec. The gauge last read 801.59 ft.

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CountiesJackson County

Coordinates39.0161, -94.3393

Surface area720 acres

Rivereast fork Little Blue River

Managed byJackson County Parks + Rec

Swimming beaches on Blue Springs Lake

No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.

Blue Springs Lake on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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Weather and water temperature

Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.

Weather data by Open-Meteo

Swimming at Blue Springs Lake

Its coordinates are 39.0161, -94.3393. Water leaves through the east fork Little Blue River.

No public sensor reports water temperature at Blue Springs Lake, so the panel shows air temperature and wind. Algae blooms are seasonal and local: look for posted signs at the ramp or park entrance. Swimming season in Missouri runs through the warm months, and day-use areas set their own opening dates.

Readings come from station 06893885 (Blue Springs Reservoir near Blue Springs, MO). The last value stored here, 801.59 ft, is from 2026-09-09. A low pool exposes stumps and mud in the shallow arms of the lake.

County parks and private resorts sometimes provide access that federal datasets never record. Blue Springs Lake has no catalogued swimming beach in the sources we read, so plan around the managing agency's own facilities.

The closest lakes in this guide are Lake Jacomo (Missouri, 3 mi), Lake Lotawana (Missouri, 7 mi) and Longview Lake (Missouri, 10 mi). Missouri has 18 lakes on this site in total.