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29810 S Fairlawn Rd. Osage City, KS 66523
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.
Federal recreation - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Situatued in the tall grass prairie of the Osage Questas region of east central Kansas…
A perfect fit between the park’s ultra-nice cabins and primitive camping, Eisenhower’s State Park’s yurts are 16-feet wide, and come with…
The Flint Hills National Scenic Byway provides a glimpse of where the West begins in the vistas of open spaces and undisturbed views of…
The Outlet Park has three miles of nature trails including a half-mile paved surface trail accessible to the physically challenged. A…
The Flint Hills Trail stretches for 117 miles across east-central Kansas, from Osawatomie in the east to Herington in the west, and passes…
This Refuge is managed primarily for migratory waterfowl. Intensive use by ducks and geese occurs during the spring and fall migration…
These public lands are a perfect escape no matter what your interest may be - hiking, camping, wildlife watching, fishing, mountain biking…
On the Kansas River kayaks and canoes often float in solitude as they pass towering cottonwoods, nesting bald eagles, kingfishers, otters…
Carson and Custer once explored the jagged prairies in what’s now Kanopolis State Park on horseback.
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…
Kansas’ largest, Milford Reservoir has enough shoreline to reach from Kansas City to Salina. The waters within that 161 miles of land…
Hillsdale State Park is only minutes away from the 2 million-plus people of the greater Kansas City area. It’s a place where…
Life’s easy at Fall River State Park, where crowds are few but recreational possibilities are many.
Where the Ozarks spill into Kansas, in the Great Depression the government gave jobs to hundreds of destitute men with the Civilian…
Just north of Scott City lays a stunning canyon nestled among the prairie and natural springs.
Rather than water, it’s the work of the wind that draws people to Sand Hills State Park.
For decades visitors have come to Pomona State Park by automobile. Now, they’re also coming by horseback and bicycle.
A century ago Kansans took the train from town to town, watching the countryside lazily pass as they road the rails.
Elk City State Park sits in a gorgeous valley with natural greatness on both sides.
Welcome to the "Badlands of Kansas" - Little Jerusalem State Park in Western Kansas is truly a sight to see!
Far from any sizable cities, many might consider Webster State Park “in the middle of nowhere.” Those who know the park will…
Southeast Kansas’ Cross Timbers region is a narrow, rugged, 50-mile finger of steeply timbered hillsides that rise to towering…
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…
Visit the newest State Park in Kansas - Lehigh Portland Trails, a vast network of hiking and biking trails around Elk's Lake in Iola.
A few minutes south of the hustle and hassle of I-70 in western Kansas, life goes relaxingly slow at Cedar Bluff 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…
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…
Clinton State Park is a 1,400 acre island of unspoiled nature amid the suburban sprawl of northeast Kansas.
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…
On the high plains of northwest Kansas, Prairie Dog State Park is a rare and welcome place to play in the water and shade.
Long before civilization, native people came to be healed within the sacred waters of Waconda Springs. The springs are now deep within Glen…
Terms like “world-class” and “one of the nation’s best” are usually unwarranted. Both are accurate for Wilson…
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…
It’s been called the “Serengeti of the Sky”, when hundreds of thousands of northward migrating snow geese arrive at…
Just south of Salina stands one of Kansas' many natural wonders - Mushroom Rocks.
