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Outlet Park is a day use park at Milford Lake located just below the Milford Dam. With one shelter available for reservation, those visitors interested in angling and wildlife observation will enjoy its location near the Outlet Pond, a popular fishing pond and wildlife attractor. Inside the park is also a swim beach, great fishing areas and access to the Riverwalk Trail.
Milford Lake is nestled on the edge of the Kansas Flint Hills and is fed by the Republican River. Milford Lake stands as the largest man-made lake in Kansas, with a surface area of 15,700 acres and 163 miles of shoreline. Milford Lake is also the home of the states third largest wetland and is known to a variety of wildlife.
Activities at Milford Lake include boating, swimming, fishing, hunting, hiking, wildlife viewing and biking. Milford Lake is known to have great sail boating opportunities as well.
The shelter has a vault toilet and grill available for use and also has a playground, horseshoe pit and sand volleyball court nearby. The shelter is located by a fishing pier which offers great fishing access.
The Milford Nature Center and Fish Hatchery is nearby just below the dam. There you can find live animal exhibits as well as learn about the ecosystems of Kansas. A golf course is adjacent to the nature center on the north end of the Dam and the town of Junction City is approximately five miles from North Overlook Shelter.
Take I-70 to exit 295, then 4.5 miles north to Hwy. 57, then east approximately 3.2 miles to park entrance.
Beautiful campground. I was on site 63 , good Verizon and T-Mobile signal. We got the full hook-up in a state campground which is not common. The outlet lake is beautiful to walk around. The Melvern dam is just up the road and a great place to see sunsets.
Me and my family go camping here 3 times every summer. We love this place. You can fish, shower, go boating, and just hang out! Would recommend to families and friends and anyone who lives camping.
This was a great place to camp. Our spot was right on the Outlet lake. We had a great view of the water from our camper and from the firepit. There was plenty of space to spread out and the walking trail took you around the whole lake.
I didn't actually stay here. I stopped to run the loop, the trail around the outlet is very well kept and was very nice. I would recommend walking or running this area if you have the chance. But the grounds for camping looked outstanding, inviting, and very well kept up. The facilities were Locked so I can't speak to if they were clean or not.
