Kansas / Hillsdale Lake /
Jayhawker Boat Ramp
Boat ramp · on Hillsdale Lake · near Paola · Kansas
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks lists this water as an aquatic nuisance species designated water for zebra mussels. Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks · checked October 18, 2026
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Managed by
- Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
- Coordinates
- 38.64964, -94.92234
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at the HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS gauge · USGS, 1.4 mi away on Hillsdale Lake
- Lake level at Hillsdale Dam & Reservoir · USACE
Lake level: Hillsdale Lake
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 917.0 ft (USACE, Top of Conservation).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Hillsdale Dam & Reservoir), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
Lake level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge HILLSDALE LK NR HILLSDALE, KS, 1.4 mi from this launch on Hillsdale Lake: lake level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On Hillsdale Lake
Reservoir in Kansas. All launches on Hillsdale Lake.
Community
Where people who use Hillsdale Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Russell Crites Boat Ramp · 0.7 mi · Hillsdale Lake
- Hillsdale Point Boat Ramp · 2.2 mi · Hillsdale Lake
- Marysville Boat Ramp · 2.4 mi · Hillsdale Lake
- Antioch Boat Ramp · 3.4 mi · Hillsdale Lake
- Marais des Cygnes River Boat Launch near Osawatomie · 9.9 mi · Marais des Cygnes River
- Eight Mile Creek Boat Launch · 19.6 mi · Eight Mile Creek
Sources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District boat ramps record {5CF0ED65-7289-4592-B589-4E04A6F8A346} · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District)
- OpenStreetMap n857995518 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap n121383721 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
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- OpenStreetMap w520593267 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap w1123083862 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap w1123083861 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap w520593269 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap n10271039604 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap w1123083869 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District boat ramps. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.