Melvern Lake Boat and Jet Ski Rentals

Melvern Lake is a 6,930-acre lake on the eastern edge of the Kansas Flint Hills, with clear water, rocky points, wooded coves and miles of tallgrass prairie along the shore. It’s one of the best boating lakes in eastern Kansas. Invert Sports offers Melvern Lake boat rentals, jet ski rentals, water toys and private boat charters, ready and waiting at the lake.

Melvern Lake Boat Rentals

Melvern Lake’s big open water is great for tubing, skiing and cruising, and calm mornings in the coves are perfect for wakesurfing. Our Melvern Lake boat rentals include:

• MasterCraft wakesurf and wakeboard boats for family and friends
• Ski boat rentals for water skiing, slalom and tubing
• Tubes, wakeboards and wakesurf boards for every age
• Paddle boards and water trampolines for a summer day on Melvern Lake

Rather have someone else drive? Book a private boat charter and our captain will handle the boat. Damage waiver coverage is available on every rental.

Melvern Lake Jet Ski Rentals

Jet skiing on Melvern Lake means wide open water, rocky points and dozens of coves to explore. Most of our jet ski rentals can pull a tube, depending on the model, and guided rides are available. See our jet ski models to pick your ride.

Pontoons, Marinas and Boat Service

Two nine-lane ramps at Eisenhower State Park, a marina near the dam and parks around the lake make it easy to get on the water. We don't rent pontoons or service boats, but we offer surf boats, jet skis and water toys to go with your pontoon day or lake house stay.

Eisenhower State Park

Eisenhower State Park on the north shore was renamed in 1990 to honor President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who grew up in Abilene, Kansas. The park has 1,000 acres of tallgrass prairie, cabins, campgrounds, swim beaches, a 20-mile horse trail and an 18-hole disc golf course.

Flint Hills Prairie

Melvern Lake sits on the eastern fringe of the Flint Hills, home to some of the last tallgrass prairie in North America, so the views from the water are rolling grassland and wooded draws instead of houses.

Fishing Melvern Lake

Melvern Lake is known for walleye, crappie, sauger, white bass and channel catfish.

Getting to Melvern Lake

Melvern Lake is about 40 minutes south of Topeka, about 30 minutes east of Emporia and about an hour and a half from Kansas City, just off Highway 75 and I-35. See all of our Kansas lakes.

Good to Know Before You Go

• Kansas boating rules: anyone born on or after January 1, 1989 who is under 21 needs an approved boater education certificate to drive a boat or jet ski, and no one under 12 may drive without direct adult supervision. Jet skis can't be ridden between sunset and sunrise, and our rental drivers must be 18 or older.
• Life jackets: everyone on a jet ski must wear a life jacket, and children 12 and under must wear one at all times on a boat or while being towed.
• Wind and open water: Kansas wind can kick up whitecaps fast on the open lake, so plan skiing and wakesurfing for calm mornings and head for a cove when it picks up.
• Book early: summer weekends and holidays fill up fast.

Lakes Near Melvern Lake

Clinton Lake near Lawrence is about 50 minutes northeast, and Hillsdale Lake is about an hour east. To the west, Council Grove Lake is about an hour and 10 minutes away.

Melvern Lake Map