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Melvern Lake Boat Launch

Boat ramp · on Melvern Lake · near Arvonia · Kansas

Zebra mussels

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

Past algal blooms

Harmful algal blooms reported on this water (state reports compiled by U.S. EPA): 2018, 2022 and 2023.

state reports compiled by U.S. EPA · 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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Coordinates
38.49313, -95.89549

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.

Conditions

Lake level: Melvern Lake

Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.

Full pool is 1,036.0 ft (USACE, Top of Conservation).

Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Melvern Dam & Reservoir), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.

On Melvern Lake

Reservoir in Kansas. All launches on Melvern Lake.

Community

Where people who use Melvern Lake talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

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.