About Us:

The Anthony Municipal Lake project was started in the Fall of 1934 and was a Government and City project. The Government furnished $80,000 and the City of Anthony appropriated $24,000. The Lake was completed in May of 1935, and filled to overflowing with the first rain shortly after its completion. The project was known as the Spring Creek Reservoir and Waterworks Improvement. It covers an area of approximately eight (8) square miles and its picturesque as well as a source of enjoyment and recreational pleasure to Anthony residents and also residents of surrounding neighboring towns and communities for young and old alike. It has an array of facilities located just one (1) mile northwest of Anthony. The 153-acre Lake features boating, fishing, camping, hiking, and fellowship and leased shoreline cabin sites. Easily becoming a select weekend attraction for camping enthusiasts, the 416-acre tract provides a well-developed camper park. For a variety of visitors, the lake offers picnic tables, playground equipment, a paved go-cart-track, sand volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, restrooms and showers, shelter houses, amphitheater/bandstand, and a concrete walking path. There is also the popular Gun Club which supplies the sportsman with trap, skeet, pistol and rifle ranges and a Scout Retreat. Also located at the lake is the Southern Kansas Bow Hunter Club Range and facilities.  Making the Scenic Park complete, a rolling nine-hole golf course overlooking the lake and dam. The 9-hole, par 35 course, boasting 5,000 square feet greens, challenges golfers year around.