Parks in Kansas
Explore 46 parks and public lands with richer details on amenities, trail access, and park types.
Melvern Lake
Kansas
Melvern Lake is situated on the eastern edge of Kansas' Flinthills Region. It draws outdoor enthusiasts from a…
Milford Lake
Kansas
The Milford Education Center and Fish Hatchery are located below the dam. From Topeka, 65 mi W on I-70, 5 mi N…
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Kansas
Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period to ex…
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Kansas
Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of the of post-Civil War Reconstruction period to…
Olive Creek Lake
Kansas
Olive Creek, NE is a State Recreation Area located 1.5 miles east of Kramer, NE. Draining 8.2 square miles o…
Optima Lake
Kansas
Located in an area once known as "No Man's Land" in the Oklahoma Panhandle, this lake is set in a scenic area …
Pawnee Lake
Kansas
Pawnee Lake, NE is a State Recreation Area located about 12 miles west of downtown Lincoln, Nebraska and three…
Perry Lake
Kansas
Located conveniently near the cities of Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City, Perry Lake boasts a wide variety of…
Pomona Lake
Kansas
Located near the Santa Fe Trail, this 4,000-acre lake features scenic beauty as well as an abundance of wildli…
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Kansas
Located in south central Kansas, Quivira National Wildlife Refuge lies in the transition zone of eastern and w…
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
Kansas
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge was established March 26, 1930, originally encompassing the majority of t…
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Kansas
You can almost hear the whoops and cries of "All's set!" as trail hands hitched their oxen to freight wagons c…
Stagecoach Lake
Kansas
Stagecoach Lake, NE is a State Recreation Area located 1 mile south of Hickman, NE and resting on the south tr…
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Kansas
Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America, but within a generation most of it had been…
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Kansas
Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America, but within a generation most of it had been…
Toronto Lake
Kansas
Kansas' only granite outcrop is located here, at the scene of a short-lived gold rush in 1887.
Twin Lakes
Kansas
Twin Lakes, NE is located north of Interstate 80 and about 1/2 mile northwest of Pleasant Dale, Nebraska. Twi…
Twin Lakes
Kansas
Located 14 miles west of downtown Lincoln, northeast and 3 miles north of Pleasant Dale, NE. Take exit #388 fr…
Waconda Reservoir (Glen Elder)
Kansas
Glen Elder Dam and Waconda Reservoir, features of the Glen Elder Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, are …
Wagontrain Lake
Kansas
Wagon Train Lake, NE, is a State Recreation Area located two miles east of Hickman. This 315-acre lake has a …
Woodston Diversion Dam
Kansas
Woodston Diversion Dam is a feature of the PSMBP - Solomon Division - Webster Unit. This area is managed by th…
Yankee Hill Lake
Kansas
Yankee Hill, NE is a State Recreation Area located just 3.5 miles east of Denton, NE, with a surface area of 2…