Paddling near Overland Park, KS

Set in Johnson County at the heart of the Kansas City metro, Overland Park sits within reach of calm lakes and navigable rivers on both the Kansas and Missouri sides. Local paddlers launch on the 120-acre Shawnee Mission Park Lake roughly 10 miles out, the Kansas River (the Kaw) National Water Trail, and big USACE reservoirs like Clinton and Perry Lake to the west.