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1 Lake Rd. Farlington, KS 66734
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.
A story of environmental devastation and successful habitat restoration. The mined land wildlife area, better know as the Strip Pits, is in…
Downtown Girard is built around a traditional courthouse square. The statue of a deer and a marker on the southwest corner of the square…
UPDATE: Time Travel at the Tap of a Finger! Augmented Realality (AR) is now at Fort Scott National Historic Site! Beginning Friday, May 23…
Anchored by The Home Depot, Pittsburg’s TownCenter features a variety of dining choices including Chili’s, Subway, Rib Crib and Buffalo Wild…
Pittsburg ArtWalk commissioned 6 Artists to complete a mural on the side of the 501 N Broadway building. Each artist had their own space on…
This 540 acre reservoir is just off U.S. 69 between Fort Scott and Pittsburg and is stocked with monster-size largemouth bass, catfish and…
Located on the east side of the old Saunders Cooke building, which was built in 1914. The Mural highlights the areas of immigrant and…
This mural features sunflowers and plants to help brighten Downtown Pittsburg. Finished 2021. Muralist - Jenna Spencer.
The Frontier Military Historic Byway abounds with history. The Forts tell the stories of the early military development to protect westward…
These public lands are a perfect escape no matter what your interest may be - hiking, camping, wildlife watching, fishing, mountain biking…
Hillsdale State Park is only minutes away from the 2 million-plus people of the greater Kansas City area. It’s a place where…
Rather than water, it’s the work of the wind that draws people to Sand Hills State Park.
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…
Life’s easy at Fall River State Park, where crowds are few but recreational possibilities are many.
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…
Long before civilization, native people came to be healed within the sacred waters of Waconda Springs. The springs are now deep within Glen…
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…
Kansas’ largest, Milford Reservoir has enough shoreline to reach from Kansas City to Salina. The waters within that 161 miles of land…
Carson and Custer once explored the jagged prairies in what’s now Kanopolis State Park on horseback.
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…
On the Kansas River kayaks and canoes often float in solitude as they pass towering cottonwoods, nesting bald eagles, kingfishers, otters…
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…
Within Eisenhower State Park sits 1,000 acres of some of the last wild prairie in eastern Kansas.
On the high plains of northwest Kansas, Prairie Dog State Park is a rare and welcome place to play in the water and shade.
Visit the newest State Park in Kansas - Lehigh Portland Trails, a vast network of hiking and biking trails around Elk's Lake in Iola.
“Oasis” may be the best way to describe this 400-acre paradise shaded by tall cottonwoods, with an 80-acre lake of cool…
Clinton State Park is a 1,400 acre island of unspoiled nature amid the suburban sprawl of northeast Kansas.
Southeast Kansas’ Cross Timbers region is a narrow, rugged, 50-mile finger of steeply timbered hillsides that rise to towering…
Welcome to the "Badlands of Kansas" - Little Jerusalem State Park in Western Kansas is truly a sight to see!
Elk City State Park sits in a gorgeous valley with natural greatness on both sides.
Terms like “world-class” and “one of the nation’s best” are usually unwarranted. Both are accurate for Wilson…
Far from any sizable cities, many might consider Webster State Park “in the middle of nowhere.” Those who know the park will…
A century ago Kansans took the train from town to town, watching the countryside lazily pass as they road the rails.
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.
A few minutes south of the hustle and hassle of I-70 in western Kansas, life goes relaxingly slow at Cedar Bluff State Park.
Just south of Salina stands one of Kansas' many natural wonders - Mushroom Rocks.
It’s been called the “Serengeti of the Sky”, when hundreds of thousands of northward migrating snow geese arrive at…
