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Ottawa - 1800 S Princeton Cir Dr, Ottawa, KS 66067
(38.587992, -95.2702701)
Iola - 1298-1204 N State St, Iola, KS 66749
(37.934512, -95.408865)
It’s the kind of place where you can travel many miles in near silence as your hiking boots or bike tires move over a surface velvety smooth.
Performing Arts Center bringing Family & Music Series' with the "Best Leg Room" in Kansas to their Main Stage. Also houses a Speaker Series…
An extra special invitation is extended to you to attend the municipal Band Concerts, featuring the oldest continuing municipal band in the…
A modern take on camping overlooking a recreational quarry. Free access to kayaks, fire pits, a bike challenge course, and more. All…
The oldest operating cinema in America, The Plaza Cinema, 209 S. Main St., Ottawa, Kansas. The movie memorabilia museum opened in May 2014…
Visit the Mary L. Martin Art Gallery and enjoy the magnificent works of art from the most famous of artists to local talent that is…
Gates Open At 6:00; Action At 8:00. Adults-$10 / Sen. Cit. 65 & Older - $9 / Kid's (6-12)-$5 Pit Pass-$30, Non Nascar Liscense $35 / Kid's…
Over 125 varieties of bulk candies await you in this paradise of everything sweet! Homemade macarons of every flavor, a dozen varieties of…
Standing guard over fallen warriors of old is a Civil War Soldier cast in a unique zinc, located on the west edge of the community in the…
Located on U.S. Highway 25 west of Iola turn at the River bridge exit. In the Neosho River, west of Iola, you can find Channel Catfish…
The Lehigh Portland State Park (formerly Lehigh Portland Trails) is built on the site of a former cement plant and quarry, along the banks…
Our downtown is a thriving district of restaurants, shopping, and businesses.
Flowers, plants, gifts, bridal registry, jewelry, kitchenware, and in season a selection of bedding plants, trees and shrubs.
Iola Downtown Square is the Largest Courthouse Square in the United States. It is 2 blocks wide by 2 blocks long with no division by roads…
These public lands are a perfect escape no matter what your interest may be - hiking, camping, wildlife watching, fishing, mountain biking…
Welcome to the "Badlands of Kansas" - Little Jerusalem State Park in Western Kansas is truly a sight to see!
On the Kansas River kayaks and canoes often float in solitude as they pass towering cottonwoods, nesting bald eagles, kingfishers, otters…
Far from any sizable cities, many might consider Webster State Park “in the middle of nowhere.” Those who know the park will…
Elk City State Park sits in a gorgeous valley with natural greatness on both sides.
Long before civilization, native people came to be healed within the sacred waters of Waconda Springs. The springs are now deep within Glen…
On the high plains of northwest Kansas, Prairie Dog State Park is a rare and welcome place to play in the water and shade.
Clinton State Park is a 1,400 acre island of unspoiled nature amid the suburban sprawl of northeast Kansas.
For decades visitors have come to Pomona State Park by automobile. Now, they’re also coming by horseback and bicycle.
Kansas’ largest, Milford Reservoir has enough shoreline to reach from Kansas City to Salina. The waters within that 161 miles of land…
Perry State Park sits well within Kansas, but with long ridges of hickory and assorted oaks it wouldn’t look out of place in the…
Within Eisenhower State Park sits 1,000 acres of some of the last wild prairie in eastern Kansas.
Carson and Custer once explored the jagged prairies in what’s now Kanopolis State Park on horseback.
Visit the newest State Park in Kansas - Lehigh Portland Trails, a vast network of hiking and biking trails around Elk's Lake in Iola.
The park’s 1,900 acres are laced with good trails and dotted with shaded cabins and campsites. In the reservoir you can sample some of…
A few minutes south of the hustle and hassle of I-70 in western Kansas, life goes relaxingly slow at Cedar Bluff State Park.
Southeast Kansas’ Cross Timbers region is a narrow, rugged, 50-mile finger of steeply timbered hillsides that rise to towering…
El Dorado State Park’s 4,000 acres makes it Kansas’ largest. Yet you can be as secluded or social as you like amid landscapes…
Tuttle Creek State Park is a story of two special places. One sits where both land and lake are expansive, with a campground on classic…
Rather than water, it’s the work of the wind that draws people to Sand Hills State Park.
It’s the kind of place where you can travel many miles in near silence as your hiking boots or bike tires move over a surface velvety…
Just south of Salina stands one of Kansas' many natural wonders - Mushroom Rocks.
Where the Ozarks spill into Kansas, in the Great Depression the government gave jobs to hundreds of destitute men with the Civilian…
Hillsdale State Park is only minutes away from the 2 million-plus people of the greater Kansas City area. It’s a place where…
Terms like “world-class” and “one of the nation’s best” are usually unwarranted. Both are accurate for Wilson…
Life’s easy at Fall River State Park, where crowds are few but recreational possibilities are many.
Just north of Scott City lays a stunning canyon nestled among the prairie and natural springs.
“Oasis” may be the best way to describe this 400-acre paradise shaded by tall cottonwoods, with an 80-acre lake of cool…
It’s been called the “Serengeti of the Sky”, when hundreds of thousands of northward migrating snow geese arrive at…
