NebraskaReservoirKeith County

Lake McConaughy

Lake McConaughy covers about 35,700 acres of the outflow = in Nebraska. You will find it in Keith County. It is managed by Nebraska Game & Parks Commission.

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CountiesKeith County

Coordinates41.2250, -101.7167

Surface area35,700 acres

Max depth142 ft

Riveroutflow =

Managed byNebraska Game & Parks Commission

Swimming beaches on Lake McConaughy

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.

Lake McConaughy 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

Lake McConaughy in Nebraska

Lake McConaughy sits at 41.2250, -101.7167. Maximum depth is around 142 feet. Water leaves through the outflow =.

If Lake McConaughy is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Enders Reservoir (Nebraska, 55 mi), Merritt Reservoir (Nebraska, 65 mi) and Hugh Butler Lake (Nebraska, 80 mi). Nebraska has 15 lakes on this site in total.

There is no beach on record at Lake McConaughy in the datasets this guide reads. Where there is no marked beach, entry is usually from a boat ramp or an unimproved bank.

For a lake this size, the park office is the fastest way to learn how the water sits today. No public gauge reports the water level at Lake McConaughy, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured.

There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. Algae blooms are seasonal and local: look for posted signs at the ramp or park entrance. Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring.