As you go south out of Topeka...
As you go south out of Topeka on 75 highway you will come to signs for three different lakes in less than 30 miles. The closest is the smallest one, Osage fishing lake. Then you come to the shallow end of Pomona Lake. The furthest away is Melvern Lake. I've spent more time at Melvern than the other two. Melvern has a swimming beach, a marina, and a heated fishing dock. The public use areas around the lake are good places to find our native Kansas birds. You can see some of the kinds of birds we have in this part of Kansas at the link below.
http://www.enature.com/localguide/localguide_pc.asp?curGroup=Birds&zipcode=66801 region=&parkRegion=&curPageNum=1&showType=showCommon


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