Kansas?

[photopam]

A friend of mine and I are heading to Kansas next week. Anyone know of great locations to visit and best time of day to get cool shots?

Thanks!

[silvertoner]

I am from Kansas (Lawrence and the Kansas City area). What part of the state are you going to and I might be able to give you some locations that would be worth stopping by..

[HeatherLou]

I went to HS in Norton KS......I'm so glad I live in TX now LOL

[photopam]

We are going to the Wichita area. I think Mushroom Rock is on our list as well Tall Grass Prairie.

[brad]

Only two things come out of Kansas.....





Sorry.. Officer and a Gentleman moment.



Lots of open spaces in Kansas.. with thunderstorms, you can get some cool sunsets.

[HeatherLou]

If you go through Russell (I think), is the home of Bob Dole, and used to have an A&W Root Beer Drive In, that was pretty cool.....Its been years since I have been back.

[photopam]

Brad,
That is what we're hoping for! Sunsets, not thunderstorms...

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Heather,
I'll have to give 'er a look for it! Sounds neat. I love old things...

[silvertoner]

I'm not too familiar with Wichita. I have only passed through there a few times. If you have time to head North the Garden of Eden is definitely worth a visit.

[HeatherLou]

Oh! Abilene Ks is about 1 1/2 away from Wichita and it used to have a ghost town kinda reinactment thing. My best friend still lives there, I will ask her tomorrow.

[garyb50]

http://www.oldcowtown.org/

[photopam]

Thanks Heather!

Anyone been to Rock City, or any of the other rock formations around there? I never knew that Kansas had anything like that.

[resehop]

I know Abilene KS since I grew up in that area. Chapman is where the tornado went through and took out most of the town in June of 2008 (I think). Abilene is home to Dwight D. Eisenhower. They also have "Old Abilene Town" which is older buildings and on the weekends they sometimes have gun fights and people dressed up like western days. Also it is home to Brookville Hotel which has AMAZING fried chicken meal. If you decide to go to Abilene, take K15 from Wichita. There are some neat things to see (farms, churchs, small towns, maybe wildlife, and so on....)

I can give you more info and places if you are interested in that area of KS. It is about an hour north of Wichita.

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-abilene2.html
http://www.brookvillehotel.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanba...7605621204998/

[SnapShot]

I agree with HeatherLou about being glad to live in Texas. I was born in Wichita and lived there until I was about ten. Here’s a photo of me at Mushroom rocks when I was about six (c. 1993).


Here are some links to places of interest:
http://www.360wichita.com/Attractions - Wichita’s Visitor’s Guide. In downtown Wichita, go see the bronze statues along the sidewalks on Douglas Ave. and the bronze deer in front of the Gander Mountain on the river at W. Kellogg Ave. and S. Wichita St.
http://www.wichitawaterwalk.com/index.php - Downtown Wichita Riverwalk guide.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Keeper_of_the_Plains - Iconic statue in the fork of the Arkansas River downtown.
http://www.botanica.org/ - Wichita’s Botanical Garden
http://www.scz.org/ - Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, KS
http://www.cheyennebottoms.net/ - Manmade salt marsh, Great Bend, KS
http://www.bartlettarboretum.com/index.php - Landscape and trees, Belle Plain, KS
http://www.bigbrutus.org/index.html - Strip mining museum and HUGE electric shovel. West Mineral, KS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM-UR2_LJ2Q – Video of Elk River Wind Farm, can be seen from Highway 400 near Beaumont, KS
http://www.kansasenergy.org/documents/WindProjects.pdf - Map of existing and proposed wind farms in Kansas.
http://www.geocities.com/mamihabc/Kansas.html - Kansas A to Z, overview of places to go.
http://kansasflinthills.travel/ - Information for Flint Hills Area. Great drive on Turnpike between Emporia and Topeka. Check out the destinations page for places to see.

Hope some of this will help. Enjoy your trip to the land of the yellow brick road.
-- Caitlin

P. S. – Hope the weather is nice. Here is a photo I took last June at my grandparent's farm near Severy, KS. It was quite the Welcome Wagon!!

[Torrey]

Helped a friend move from Dallas to Seattle several years back and we drove straight up to Wichita and then straight west into Colorado. Fun trip but I thought Kansas was the worst state I'd ever travelled through. We did check out a couple of places that were kinda neat though (links below). We wanted to hit Dodge City, but didn't have the time to shoot that far south.

http://www.keystonegallery.com/area/monument_rocks.html

http://garden-of-eden-lucas-kansas.com/

[JPalmer]

The Flint Hills is easily one of the prettiest drives I've been on and that includes pretty much any Hill Country trips I've taken.