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Carnahan Park Boat Ramp

Boat ramp · on Tuttle Creek Lake · near Manhattan · 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

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
Pottawatomie County
Coordinates
39.33081, -96.62907

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Conditions

Lake level: Tuttle Creek Lake

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

Full pool is 1,075.0 ft (USACE, Top of Conservation).

Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Tuttle Creek 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 TUTTLE C LK NR MANHATTAN, KS, 5.5 mi from this launch on Tuttle Creek Lake: lake level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

On Tuttle Creek Lake

Reservoir in Kansas. All launches on Tuttle Creek Lake.

Community

Where people who use Tuttle Creek 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.