Name: Glen Elder Reservoir, State Park, and Wildlife Area
Address: 2131 180 Rd, Glen Elder, KS, 67446, UNITED STATES
Telephone: (785) 545-3345

Glen Elder Reservoir, State Park, and Wildlife Area

(785) 545-3345
2131 180 Rd, Glen Elder, KS 67446

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Located just west of the city of Glen Elder, south of US-24/K-9

On the north shores of 12,500-acre Glen Elder Reservoir (Waconda Lake), one of Kansas' largest lakes, Glen Elder State Park offers nearly unlimited recreational opportunities. With its rural setting, Glen Elder is a perfect place to relax.

The reservoir covers what once was a mineral spring sacred to many Native Americans and former home of a sanitarium. The Waconda Springs Replica at the park pays tribute to this ill-fated site of Kansas geology and Native American history. At Waconda Heritage Village, a living museum, visit the historic Hopewell Church south of the park office. The park is home, also, of the Wakonda Indian Festival.

Glen Elder Wildlife Area encompasses almost 13,200 land acres surrounding the lake. You can see and photograph a diversity of wildlife species. In winter, bald and golden eagles visit. Deer and pheasant are common sights. Waterfowl stop on their migrations, and a small Canada goose flock makes the area home.

Geocache Glen Elder Kansas is home to tens of thousands of geocaches, and the area in and around Glen Elder State Park is ripe for the high-tech treasure hunting. Take your GPS, or get an app added to your phone. As well as searching for others, place a few new caches on your own. Then come back next year to see how many people have found and enjoyed what you’d hidden.

Glen Elder Reservoir is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

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