Sunset Lakes

Sunset Lakes: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Sunset Lakes

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Sunset Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.95796, -98.38650. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sunset Lakes

• Quivira National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Stafford · ~33 km · Must-see
• Carey Park · park · Reno · ~52 km · Must-see
• St. Teresa's · church · Reno · ~52 km · Must-see
• Hutchinson Zoo · church · Reno · ~52 km · Must-see
• Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center · museum · Reno · ~53 km · Must-see
• Strataca · museum · Reno · ~58 km · Must-see
• Great Bend Zoo · sanctuary · Barton · ~71 km · Must-see
• Cheney Dam · lake · Sedgwick · ~72 km · Must-see
• Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center · sanctuary · Stafford · ~20 km
• Stafford County Museum · museum · Stafford · ~23 km
• Pilot Knob · viewpoint · Stafford · ~26 km
• Lake Darrynane Dam · lake · Stafford · ~27 km
• Park Smith Lake · lake · Stafford · ~28 km
• Big Salt Marsh · sanctuary · Stafford · ~37 km
• Center AM Church · church · Reno · ~38 km
• Kingman State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area · lake · Kingman · ~43 km
• Veterans Memorial · fort · Reno · ~49 km
• Salt Discovery Well · fort · Reno · ~49 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Sunset Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Sunset Lakes

• Cheney Dam · lake · Sedgwick · ~72 km · Must-see
• Inman Lake · lake · McPherson · ~83 km · Must-see
• Lake Afton Dam · lake · Sedgwick · ~96 km · Must-see
• Kanopolis Dam · lake · Ellsworth · ~102 km · Must-see
• Wilson Reservoir · lake · Russell · ~138 km · Must-see
• Lake Darrynane Dam · lake · Stafford · ~27 km
• Park Smith Lake · lake · Stafford · ~28 km
• Kingman State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area · lake · Kingman · ~43 km
• Pratt County Lake · lake · Pratt · ~56 km
• James Lake · lake · Stafford · ~63 km

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