Great Bend, Kansas Micropolitan Area Local camping, hiking, backpacking, lakes, beaches, whitewater, skiing and snowboarding information. Hotels near Great Bend, Kansas: Best Western Angus Inn, Great Bend 5.7 miles away Highland Hotel & Convention Center, Great Bend 5.7 miles away Great Bend Travelodge, Great Bend 5.8 miles away Americas Best Value Inn/Great Bend, Great Bend 5.8 miles away Comfort Inn Great Bend, Great Bend 6 miles away Days Inn Great Bend, Great Bend 6.2 miles away * Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different. Barton Lake I have a trophy from my great grandfather J. M. Lewis, ''LAKE BARTON GUN CLUB - 1926 - WON BY HENRY W. BORTZ GEO W. MEGGERS J. M. LEWIS ALFRED A. ROESLER G. E. MERRITT W. G. STRONG'' BACK ''GEO W. MEGGERS ROY J McMULLEN CHAS RUBLE J. M. LEWIS'' -Jordan nospam@jlewis.4d2.org...Barton Lake, aka Lake Barton, is no longer a useable lake for water recreation. The lake dried up in 1980's and never was revived. There is currently a hiking and biking path that goes through a forest that has grown where the lake used to be with a little meadow or clearing in what used to be the center of the lake. Boat docks still exist with trees growing beneath and around them.... Golf Courses Near Great Bend, Kansas:    Grove Park Golf Club, Ellinwood, 14 miles away Lakes Near Great Bend, Kansas:    Barton Lake, Barton CountyCounty, 1 miles away        .... BORTZ GEO W. MEGGERS J. M. LEWIS ALFRED A. ROESLER G. E. MERRITT    Camping Gear Info Go to Kansas Index