Outlet Park (Tuttle Creek Lake)

Outlet Park is located below the Tuttle Creek Lake Dam on the Big Blue River. The park is open year round from 6am to 10pm and is a popular spot for local anglers and disc golf enthusiasts. Visitors to the park can enjoy a range of recreation activities including hiking, fishing, picnicking, disc golf and wildlife watching. This year round day-use park offers five group picnic shelters, available April 15 through October 31. Shelters vary in size and in the features available; all have picnic tables and a barbecue grill. Located only a few minutes from Manhattan, the park makes a great destination for a picnic lunch with the family or a large group picnic. Tuttle Creek Lake is situated in the northern portion of the Flint Hills, which are characterized by flat-topped hills with long, steep slopes, limestone rock outcrops and well-defined stream channels. The climate is typified by warm summers and moderately cold winters. More than 2 million guests visit Tuttle Creek Lake each year to enjoy the endless recreational opportunities provided by the vast lake and surrounding landscape.