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32001 147 Hwy Ellis, KS 67637
Exploring one of the 28 Kansas State Parks provides visitors an opportunity to see the natural beauty of this amazing state. The state parks system includes a rail trail, historic structures and events.
Kansas' first National Natural Monument is one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas. The Niobrara chalk formation, rich in fossils, some reaching up…
One of the best-kept secrets in the state, Threshing Machine Canyon, lies near the park. Located along the old Butterfield Overland Despatch…
Beginning in 1859, the Smoky Hill Trail ran from Atchison, KS, on the Missouri River, west to Denver, CO. It began as a route to the…
Completed in 2009, the Main Street Nature Trail surrounds the railroad tracks on Main Street in downtown WaKeeney. It enhances the entry…
City of Ness City
Much to the delight of area children, the new WaKeeney Water Park was completed in June 2007. The Water Park was constructed on the site of…
These public lands are a perfect escape no matter what your interest may be - hiking, camping, wildlife watching, fishing, mountain biking…
Long before civilization, native people came to be healed within the sacred waters of Waconda Springs. The springs are now deep within Glen…
Hillsdale State Park is only minutes away from the 2 million-plus people of the greater Kansas City area. It’s a place where…
Southeast Kansas’ Cross Timbers region is a narrow, rugged, 50-mile finger of steeply timbered hillsides that rise to towering…
Where the Ozarks spill into Kansas, in the Great Depression the government gave jobs to hundreds of destitute men with the Civilian…
On the high plains of northwest Kansas, Prairie Dog State Park is a rare and welcome place to play in the water and shade.
Life’s easy at Fall River State Park, where crowds are few but recreational possibilities are many.
A century ago Kansans took the train from town to town, watching the countryside lazily pass as they road the rails.
Kansas’ largest, Milford Reservoir has enough shoreline to reach from Kansas City to Salina. The waters within that 161 miles of land…
Terms like “world-class” and “one of the nation’s best” are usually unwarranted. Both are accurate for Wilson…
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…
It’s been called the “Serengeti of the Sky”, when hundreds of thousands of northward migrating snow geese arrive at…
Far from any sizable cities, many might consider Webster State Park “in the middle of nowhere.” Those who know the park will…
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…
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…
On the Kansas River kayaks and canoes often float in solitude as they pass towering cottonwoods, nesting bald eagles, kingfishers, otters…
Elk City State Park sits in a gorgeous valley with natural greatness on both sides.
Rather than water, it’s the work of the wind that draws people to Sand Hills State Park.
“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 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…
Carson and Custer once explored the jagged prairies in what’s now Kanopolis State Park on horseback.
Just north of Scott City lays a stunning canyon nestled among the prairie and natural springs.
For decades visitors have come to Pomona State Park by automobile. Now, they’re also coming by horseback and bicycle.
Just south of Salina stands one of Kansas' many natural wonders - Mushroom Rocks.
Within Eisenhower State Park sits 1,000 acres of some of the last wild prairie in eastern Kansas.
Visit the newest State Park in Kansas - Lehigh Portland Trails, a vast network of hiking and biking trails around Elk's Lake in Iola.
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…
Welcome to the "Badlands of Kansas" - Little Jerusalem State Park in Western Kansas is truly a sight to see!
Clinton State Park is a 1,400 acre island of unspoiled nature amid the suburban sprawl of northeast Kansas.
