Type Lake Built 1941 Surface area 258-acre (104 ha) | Basin countries United States First flooded 1945 | |
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Location Sedgwick County, Kansas | ||
Lake Afton is a 258-acre (104 ha) man-made recreational lake in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, and within the 720-acre (2.9 km2) 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, Schulte, Viola.
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HistoryEdit
Ground breaking for the dam occurred on December 29, 1939. The dam was built by Works Progress Administration 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.
Lake Afton Public Observatory was constructed within the Park in the late 1970s on the north side of MacArthur Rd.
DirectionsEdit
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 3 miles (4.8 km) south of U.S. Route 54 / U.S. Route 400 highway.
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