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Trail Access:
Eastern Trailhead - 1600th and Nebraska Road, Iola, KS 66749
(37.907606, -95.390773 )
Western Trailhead - Washington Avenue, adjacent to Elm Creek Park South, Iola, KS 66749
(37.910114, -95.405564)
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.
A century ago Kansans took the train from town to town, watching the countryside lazily pass as they road the rails.
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 is rich with ecological diversity and natural beauty. From the tallgrass prairie to the high plains, or the wetland marshes and eastern wood hills, Kansas offers endless opportunities to view a variety of wildlife in their natural home.
Performing Arts Center in Iola bringing Family & Music Series' with the "Best Leg Room" in Kansas to their Main Stage. Also houses a Speaker…
Whitetails & Wildlife Museum is an interactive, educational display of Max Rickerson's taxidermy collection, featuring animals he's hunted…
Iola The Prairie Spirit Trail in eastern Kansas is a 52-mile-long path through small towns, shaded woodland canopy, and scenic prairies…
Step back in time with a visit to the Old Allen County Jail in Iola, Kansas—a formidable two-story limestone structure that has stood since…
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…
A modern take on camping overlooking a recreational quarry. Free access to kayaks, fire pits, a bike challenge course, and more. All…
In the first half of the last century an American couple from Kansas named Martin and Osa Johnson captured the public's imagination through…
The Flint Hills Trail stretches for 117 miles across east-central Kansas, from Osawatomie in the east to Herington in the west, and with…
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…
These public lands are a perfect escape no matter what your interest may be - hiking, camping, wildlife watching, fishing, mountain biking…
“Oasis” may be the best way to describe this 400-acre paradise shaded by tall cottonwoods, with an 80-acre lake of cool…
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.
Kansas’ largest, Milford Reservoir has enough shoreline to reach from Kansas City to Salina. The waters within that 161 miles of land…
For decades visitors have come to Pomona State Park by automobile. Now, they’re also coming by horseback and bicycle.
Clinton State Park is a 1,400 acre island of unspoiled nature amid the suburban sprawl of northeast Kansas.
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…
Hillsdale State Park is only minutes away from the 2 million-plus people of the greater Kansas City area. It’s a place where…
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 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…
Far from any sizable cities, many might consider Webster State Park “in the middle of nowhere.” Those who know the park will…
On the Kansas River kayaks and canoes often float in solitude as they pass towering cottonwoods, nesting bald eagles, kingfishers, otters…
Where the Ozarks spill into Kansas, in the Great Depression the government gave jobs to hundreds of destitute men with the Civilian…
Welcome to the "Badlands of Kansas" - Little Jerusalem State Park in Western Kansas is truly a sight to see!
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…
Just north of Scott City lays a stunning canyon nestled among the prairie and natural springs.
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…
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.
Life’s easy at Fall River State Park, where crowds are few but recreational possibilities are many.
Southeast Kansas’ Cross Timbers region is a narrow, rugged, 50-mile finger of steeply timbered hillsides that rise to towering…
Within Eisenhower State Park sits 1,000 acres of some of the last wild prairie in eastern Kansas.
It’s been called the “Serengeti of the Sky”, when hundreds of thousands of northward migrating snow geese arrive at…
A century ago Kansans took the train from town to town, watching the countryside lazily pass as they road the rails.
On the high plains of northwest Kansas, Prairie Dog State Park is a rare and welcome place to play in the water and shade.
Carson and Custer once explored the jagged prairies in what’s now Kanopolis State Park on horseback.
Terms like “world-class” and “one of the nation’s best” are usually unwarranted. Both are accurate for Wilson…
