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Don't llet Google maps take you any other route than Hwy 14 or you'll be on rough gravel/dirt roads for about 15 miles. The park itself is fine - unnecessarily difficult to understand check in procedures. Bathrooms were super clean but there was also almost no one there.
I would not recommend staying at this park or any nearby park for that matter due to the game and park rangers are there to issue tickets to generate revenue, not to educate people on the rules. The lake level was higher than normal and I've included pictures below of the swim beach that was flooded up to the parking lot. The sign for the swim beach was under water at lease 4-5 feet and you couldn't even tell where the beach started or ended. We've never been to this lake and ended up pulling our boat to shore in this area on a Monday with no one else around (there were two other boats on the lake) to pick up our small kids and family to go for a ride. The park ranger stopped us and said that it was a restricted area and issued a citation. I'm okay with being issued a citation and paying a fine, but for parking your boat in a restricted area, this is also a misdemeanor that goes on your record. Most park rangers would give a warning and let you go, not here, they want that revenue, not to educate people on the rules. She instructed us to move the boat 30' over on the other side of some trees and we would be fine. This citation is a mandatory appear in court and I didn't want to drive 8 hours a month ago so on the plus side they were able to see me the next day in court. There were six other people in court and 3 of them were there for minor boat infractions and all got the same fine and misdemeanor on their record as I did. Be careful if you go to this lake, there is no room for error. For us and our family, we will not be coming back to this lake or Kansas for vacation again.
