Lake Afton is a man-made recreational lake in
Sedgwick County,
Kansas
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, United States, and within the Lake Afton Park. It is located east of the intersection of Viola Rd (263rd St W) and MacArthur Rd (39th St S), between the communities of
Goddard,
Garden Plain,
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,
Viola
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.
History
Ground breaking for the dam occurred on December 29, 1939. The dam was built by
Works Progress Administration
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workers from 1939 to 1941. It opened to the public in 1945.
The Sedgwick County Commission let a contract for the construction of the Segwick County Boys Detention Home within the Park in April 1960.
was constructed within the Park in the late 1970s on the north side of MacArthur Rd.
Directions
Lake Afton is located at 24600 W 39th St S, which is east of the intersection of Viola Rd (263rd St W) and MacArthur Rd (39th St S) in rural western
Sedgwick County. MacArthur Rd is located south of
U.S. Route 54
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/
U.S. Route 400 highway.
Directions:
* from
Goddard, west on
U.S. Route 54
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, south on Viola Rd, east on MacArthur Rd.
* from
Garden Plain, east on
U.S. Route 54
U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States Highway that runs northeast–southwest for from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois. The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific and Rock Island Lines "Golden S ...
, south on Viola Rd, east on MacArthur Rd.
* from
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* Adolf Schulte (1894-1917), German flying ace
* Aloysius Schulte, St. Ambrose University president
* Dieter Schulte (born 1940), German l ...
and
K-42, west on MacArthur Rd.
* from
Viola
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and K-42, north on Viola Rd, east on MacArthur Rd.
See also
*
Cheney Reservoir, northwest of Lake Afton
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List of Kansas state parks
List of state parks in the U.S. state of Kansas operated by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks:
See also
*List of U.S. national parks
*Big Basin Prairie Preserve
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List of lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas
This is a listing of lakes, reservoirs, and dams located in the State of Kansas.
Lakes and reservoirs by size
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*
List of rivers of Kansas
References
External links
* , Official website
Fishing information Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
* Sedgwick County Maps
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Parks in Kansas
Protected areas of Sedgwick County, Kansas
Works Progress Administration in Kansas
Bodies of water of Sedgwick County, Kansas