Lake Inman
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Lake Inman
OR:
Lake Inman on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Lake Inman is a small
lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in McPherson County,
Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
, United States. It is located northeast of the city of Inman. With a surface area of approximately 1/4 square miles (.6 square km), it is the largest
natural lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...
in the state. It was named for frontiersman and author Henry Inman, who wrote articles about fishing that prompted Kansas legislation. Lake Inman is part of the
McPherson Valley Wetlands McPherson Valley Wetlands are a disconnected chain of marshes, wetlands, and shallow lakes in McPherson County, Kansas. Once covering a much larger area, 4,455 acres of the wetlands and surrounding prairie was protected by the Kansas Department of ...
, a disconnected complex of wetlands important for migrating waterfowl.


See also

*
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 External linksKansas Department of Wildlife and Parks State Park Websit ...
*
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 The shorelines of Kansas Lakes are mostly in government ownership and open to the public for hunting, fishing, camping, and hiki ...
*
List of rivers of Kansas This is a list of rivers in Kansas (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Basin Arkansas River Basin *Arkansas River * ...


References

Bodies of water of McPherson County, Kansas Inman {{Kansas-stub