[1] Located just southwest of downtown at 2101 Fleur Dr, Des Moines, IA.

[4] Gray's Lakes’ popular fish are Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, River Carpsucker, White Crappie, Wiper, and Yellow Bass.

[4] The Kruidenier Trail pedestrian bridge that crosses the lake was designed by Cal Lewis.

In the 1950s the size of the lake was increased to almost 100 acres by a rock and sand quarry operation.

This inspired hundreds of millions of dollars of development in downtown Des Moines.