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Eat, Play, Stay: Topeka
Topeka, along the Kansas River, has a number of great trails (including near Cedar Crest, the Governor’s Mansion), interesting history, and an active arts scene. Check out our recommendations of where...
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Trail Town of the Year: Iola! Presentation 7/20 at 2pm at Thrive Allen County
Iola wins trail town of the year! A clear winner from our poll, we’ll be awarding our 2017 Kansas Trail Guide Town of the Year to Iola. The presentation will be on Thursday, July 20 at 2pm at the...
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Run the first ever Fleet Feet XC 5k on 7/29
The Applejack Pumpkin Patch in Butler County will be the site of the first ever Fleet Feet Sports XC Classic. There are three different race options along a fun course and family-friendly activities...
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New at the 2017 Kansas State Fair
The state fair is in full swing, and this over 100-year-old celebration has some new things. Here are our recommendations. Pronto Pup t-shirts Don’t you dare call it a corn dog! The pronto pup is a...
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2017 Holiday Gift Guide
Here’s our annual gift guide for the trail lovers in your life. Of course, there’s always our favorite gift of the Kansas Trail Guidebook, but here are 10 more awesome gift ideas. 1. The Kansas...
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Kansas First Day Hikes 2018
It may be frigid outside (stay safe and warm), but there are a number of first day hikes around the state. Here are the Kansas parks with first-day hikes: Cedar Bluff State Park Cheney State Park...
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Show your Kansas love with Heartlandia stickers
While shopping at Smith’s Market in downtown Hutchinson, I spotted stickers celebrating Kansas by Heartlandia. I bought a couple for gifts, but before I could mail them off to friends, I decided to...
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Big Kansas Road Trip – going on now! Barber, Comanche and Kiowa counties
The Kansas Sampler Festival had its last run in 2017, but to replace it is the Big Kansas Road Trip. From May 3 to May 6 2018, in three counties: Barber, (Hardtner, Hazelton, Isabel, Kiowa, Medicine...
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Flint Hills Festival 2018 at the Flint Hills Discovery Center
This Saturday May 19 is the annual Flint Hills Festival. From 10am to 5pm at the Flint Hills Discovery Center there will be food and music and fun. Plus, from the website, “During the festival,...
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Vote now for 2018’s Kansas Trail Destination of the Year
It’s that time again, time to vote for your favorite Kansas trail destination. The inaugural winner of the award was Iola. Whichever location gets the most votes will be honored as our Top Trail...
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Dinner and book signing at Dillon Nature Center 7/10
In connection with HutchRec and Dillon Nature Center, we’re presenting our book talk along with a signing on July 10 in Taylor Cabin. Before the presentation, there will be a dinner at 6:30 — taco...
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FHNT Voted Trail Destination of the Year! Award presentation in Council Grove...
Flint Hills Nature Trail won the vote for Top Kansas Trail Destination of the Year, and we’ll be honoring that vote at a presentation at the Council Grove library on Friday, July 13 at 3pm. We’ll be...
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Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park Coming Soon! Interview with Nature...
We reached out to The Nature Conservancy with some questions about their work to make Little Jerusalem into a protected Kansas park, and here’s what they had to say. KTG: What’s the latest status of...
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2018 Holiday Gift Guide
It’s December and so we have our annual Kansas Trail Guide gift guide. These are a selection of ten awesome and unique gifts for anyone in your life who loves trails, loves Kansas, or both! Not on the...
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Kansas First Day Hikes 2019
So it may be cold for the start of 2019, but it should be dry and there are several First Day Hikes throughout the state on January 1. Many of them include snacks or hot chocolate before or after, and...
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Where to see bald eagles in Kansas – 2019
Bald eagle pair in Kansas. Photo by Bo Rader. The return of the bald eagle has been a remarkable success story. After being pushed towards extinction, the eagle steadily recovered under the protection...
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Celebrate Rail Trails National Opening Day on April 13
From the Prairie Travelers: Celebrate National Opening Day for rail trails with Prairie Travelers! It’s a national series of events organized by the Rails-to-Trails Conversancy, and this year is the...
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Stay safe with safe sunscreen
Happy 4th of July! I’m hoping that you’re staying safe not just with fireworks but by using sunscreen. There are sunscreens and then there are reef-safe sunscreens. Reef-safe sunscreens, or mineral...
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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing
July 20, 1969 was the day that a man first walked on the moon. 50 years later, the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson is going all out this summer for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Through the...
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9/15 — Free day at the Flint Hills Discovery Center
From noon to 5pm on Sunday, September 15, 2019, it’s a free day at the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan. If you’ve never been, now is the time to go. It’s an amazing space with interactive...
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