Best
trails in Kansas
hiking,
road biking, mountain biking,
walking, running,
#1.
Mount Sunflower
- Kansas Highpoint
Highpoint rank by height:
28th. Kansas gets our vote
for the most creative and
whimsical high point monument!
Drive up to this high point
"monument" that
includes a large metal sculpture
of a sunflowe...
From the guidebook "Highpoint
Adventures: The Complete
Guide to the 50 State Highpoints"
Hiking
Trails
Kanorado, KS - Scenic Drives
#2. Lewis &
Clark Trail: Weston,
Missouri to Falls City,
Nebraska
This eTrail covers one complete
segment of the Lewis and
Clark Trail written for
road bikers. It contains
an overview of the segment
with all the major attractions
along the route including
parks, his...
From the guidebook "Bicycling
the Lewis & Clark Trail"
Hiking
Trails
Atchison, KS - Road Biking
- 75 miles
#3. Clinton State
Park
Located about 5 miles west
of Lawrence in Douglas County.
The 12 to 15 miles of trails
in Clinton State Park comprise
probably the best technical
mountain biking area in
Kansas. Two interconnected,
ma...
From the guidebook "Mountain
Bike! The Great Plains States"
Hiking
Trails
Lawrence, KS - Mountain
Biking - 15 miles
#4. National Geographic
Scenic Byway, Konza
Prairie RNA, Council Grove,
Tallgrass Prairie National
Preserve (Strong City),
Cottonwood Falls, and Emporia,
KS
If you’re feeling
stressed out, burned-out,
or just plain bummed out,
then get in your car and
head west in the direction
of the National Geographic
Scenic Byway and the Kansas
Flint Hills. Named one ...
From the guidebook "Day
Trips from Kansas City"
Hiking
Trails
Emporia, KS - Day Trips
#5. Jamesport, Missouri
In Jamesport, the Amish
community offers a glimpse
of a bygone era. These people
are part of the Old Order
Amish, who are direct descendants
of the Mennonite Anabaptists,
a group that developed during...
From the guidebook "Day
Trips from Kansas City"
Jamesport, MO - Day Trips
Hiking
Trails
#6. KATY Trail Corridor
& Boonslick Country,
Arrow Rock, Boonville, New
Franklin, Fayette, Rocheport,
Columbia, Jefferson City,
California, and Sedalia,
MO
This trip encompasses cities
and hamlets along the KATY
Trail and Boonslick Country.
You can overnight in any
one of a number of places
or head home the same way
you came. If time permits,
travel sout...
From the guidebook "Day
Trips from Kansas City"
Hiking
Trails
Columbia, MO - Day Trips
#7. Kansas - Rough
Guides
Today’s cutesy, gingham-pinafore
image of Kansas, associated
with Little House on the
Prairie and The Wizard of
Oz, is a far cry indeed
from the troubled history
that made it known as “bleeding
Kansas...
From the guidebook "The
Rough Guide to USA"
Hiking
Trails
Wichita, KS - General Travel
#8. Bonner Springs
and Lawrence, Kansas
Bonner Springs is short
drive west from Kansas City.
It is home to Sandstone
Amphitheatre and the renowned
Renaissance Festival held
here in fall. In 1863, when
William Quantrill and his
raiders burne...
From the guidebook "Day
Trips from Kansas City"
Hiking
Trails
Bonner Springs, KS - Day
Trips
#9. Shawnee Mission
Park
Located in the city of Shawnee
in Johnson County. Shawnee
Mission Park, the largest
in the Johnson County park
system, allows off-road
mountain biking along a
one-mile section of nature
trail on a low...
From the guidebook "Mountain
Bike! The Great Plains States"
Hiking
Trails
Shawnee, KS - Mountain Biking
- 4 miles
#10. Fort Leavenworth
National Recreation Trails
Fort Leavenworth Military
Reservation is immediately
north of the city of Leavenworth
in Leavenworth County. This
30-plus-mile trail system,
all within the confines
of the Fort Leavenworth
Military Re...
From the guidebook "Mountain
Bike! The Great Plains States"
Hiking
Trails
Leavenworth, KS - Mountain
Biking - 30 miles
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