Surrounding area features
things to do, see
Here are attractions within a 100-mile
radius of Hays.
Barton County
GREAT BEND Barton County Historical
Village, U.S. Highway 281 south of River Bridge, (316) 793-5125,
Tuesday through Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
GREAT BEND Brit Spaugh Zoo, Brit
Spaugh Park, north Main Street, (316) 793-4162, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
GREAT BEND Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife
Refuge, 5 miles northeast of Great Bend, (316) 793-7730. Open
24 hours.
GREAT BEND Kansas Oil and Gas Museum
and Hall of Fame, 5944 W. 10th, (316) 793-5742, by appointment.
GREAT BEND Kansas Quilt Walk, 1400
Main, (316) 793-7700. Open 24 hours.
Decatur County
OBERLIN Decatur County Museum,
258 S. Penn, Last Indian raid in Kansas, Indian artifacts, (785)
475-2712.
OBERLIN Sappa Valley Park Area,
3 miles east of Oberlin on U.S. Highway 36 and 6 miles north.
Open year-round, (785) 475-3441.
Edwards County
KINSLEY Edwards County Historical
Museum and Sod House, U.S. Highways 50 and 56, (316) 659-2420,
May through September: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., Sunday 2-5 p.m. and by appointment.
KINSLEY National Carnival Heritage
Museum, 200 E. Sixth, Kinsley, (316) 659-2201, Tuesday through
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment.
KINSLEY White´s Carousels
Inc., unique carousel originals and reproductions, downtown Kinsley,
(316) 659-2475, Tours by advance appointment only.
KINSLEY The Palace Theatre, 223
E. Sixth, restored theatre built in 1917. Tours by appointment
(316) 659-2711 or toll free (877) 464-3929.
KINSLEY Double Decker Carousel
Restoration, 113 E. Sixth. A rare double decker carousel built
in 1900 is being restored. Tours by appointment only. (316) 659-2711
or (316) 659-2201.
Ellis County
ELLIS Walter P. Chrysler Home,
102 W. 10th, Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Sunday, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Admission fee.
ELLIS Ellis Railroad Museum and
Gift Shop, 911 Washington, (785) 726-4493, railroad memorabilia,
railroad art and photographs, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
ELLIS Bukovina Society of the Americas
museum, Eighth and Washington, (785) 726-4568 or (785) 726-4201,
by appointment only.
HAYS Hays Aquatic Park, Fourth
and Main, (785) 623-2833. Open noon to 8 p.m. Monday through
Saturday and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Seasonal. Admission fee.
HAYS Blue Sky Miniature Horse Farm,
(785) 625-6725. By reservation only.
HAYS Ellis County Historical Society
Museum, 100 W. Seventh, (785) 628-2624, 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday, also during June through August, 1:30 to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday. No admission fees, donations accepted.
HAYS Plymouth Stone Country Schoolhouse,
original 1874 one-room schoolhouse, 600 Park, (785) 628-8202.
By appointment only.
HAYS Historic Fort Hays, U.S. Highway
183 Alternate, (785) 625-6812, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Closed major holidays.
No admission fees, donations accepted.
HAYS Sternberg Museum of Natural
History, 3000 Sternberg, (785) 628-4286, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Closed major
holidays. Admission charged.
HAYS Volga-German House, 100 W.
Seventh, (785) 628-4286 or (785) 628-8202. By appointment.
HAYS Boot Hill Cemetery, 18th and
Fort, daily.
HAYS Hays Arts Center, continuous
display of art exhibitions, 112 E. 11th, (785) 625-7522, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
HAYS Kansas Merci Boxcar Museum
and Veterans Memorial Park, 13th and Canterbury, by appointment
(785) 628-8202.
HAYS Historical Hays City Downtown
Walking Tour, downtown Hays, (785) 628-8202 for tour brochure.
Open 24 hours.
HAYS Kansas State University Agricultural
Research Center, Main and U.S. Highway 183 Alternate, (785) 625-3425
Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tours by appointment.
HAYS Twilight Tours, (785) 628-8202
or (800) 569-4505, nightly June 1 through Aug. 31.
VICTORIA St. Fidelis Catholic Church,
900 Cathedral, (785) 735-2777, Open daily, guided tours with
prior arrangements.
Ellsworth County
ELLSWORTH Ellsworth Area Art Gallery,
local area artists, permanent showings of Charles Rogers´
works, 204 N. Douglas, (785) 472-5658, Tuesday through Friday
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
ELLSWORTH Ellsworth County Museum,
104 W. Main, (785) 472-3059, Tuesday through Friday 1 to 5 p.m.,
Saturday 9 to noon and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission
fee.
KANOPOLIS Fort Harker Museum, 309
W. Ohio, (785) 472-5733, Tuesday through Saturday 9 to noon,
1 to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission fee.
Ford County
DODGE CITY Boot Hill Museum, Front
Street, U.S. Highway 50 in downtown Dodge City, (316) 227-8188,
Winter: Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Summer: Sunday
through Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission fee.
DODGE CITY Boot Hill Repertory
Company, Dinner theater and show during summer season, call for
reservations, (316) 225-1001. Admission fee.
DODGE CITY DCF&B Railroad, Sycamore
and Minneola Road, (316) 225-3232, Sunday through Saturday 10
a.m., 10-person minimum. Admission fee.
DODGE CITY Dodge City Trolley,
narrated tour of historic sites including the Santa Fe Trail
and Fort Dodge, Third and West Wyatt Earp, (316) 225-8186, Memorial
weekend through Labor Day, Sunday through Saturday tours. Admission
fee.
DODGE CITY Gunfighters Wax Museum,
603 Fifth, (316) 225-7311, Open Memorial Day through Labor Day:
Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
DODGE CITY Home of Stone, unique
pioneer house museum, 112 E. Vine, (316) 227-6791, June through
August or by appointment during winter months, Sunday through
Saturday tours.
DODGE CITY Kansas Teachers, 603
Fifth, (316) 225-7311, Open Memorial Day through Labor Day: Monday
through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
DODGE CITY Santa Fe Trail Tracks,
tracks of original wagon trail, 9 miles west of Dodge City, (316)
227-8188, daylight.
Kiowa County
GREENSBURG The Big Well, the world´s
largest hand-dug well, also on display a 1,000 pound meteorite,
315 S. Sycamore, (316) 723-2261, June 1 through Labor Day: Sunday
through Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Winter: Monday through Saturday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission fee.
Lincoln County
LINCOLN 1900 limestone courthouse,
Lincoln Avenue, (785) 524-4612.
LINCOLN Lincoln Art Center, 126
E. Lincoln, (785) 524-3241, Tuesday through Friday 1 p.m. to
5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
LINCOLN Yohe House, Victorian mansion
with original furnishings, 316 S. Second, (785) 524-4614. By
appointment, admission fee.
LINCOLN Finch Theater, Lincoln
Avenue, Friday and Saturday from 7 to 9:15 p.m., Sunday at 3
p.m., (785) 524-4350.
LINCOLN Kyne House Museum, Lincoln
Avenue, Tuesday and Thursday, from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday from 1:30
to 4:30 p.m.
SYLVAN GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran
School, by appointment (785) 526-7766.
SYLVAN GROVE Denmark Lutheran Church,
Main Street.
SYLVAN GROVE Meyer Home (785) 526-7373.
SYLVAN GROVE Vonada Stone Co.,
custom post rock engravings. Tours available by appointment.
(785) 526-7369.
SYLVAN GROVE Yesterday Museum,
Main Street, by appointment (785) 526-7270.
Logan County
LOGAN COUNTY Monument Rocks National
Landmark, Butterfield Trail marker. No services available and
road is impassable in inclement weather. Daylight hours. About
25 miles southeast of Oakley on U.S. Highway 83 and unpaved roads,
(785) 672-4862.
OAKLEY Fick Fossil and History
Museum, 700 W. Third, fossils, 1886 depot, sod house, fossil
artwork, changing exhibits, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Memorial Day to Labor Day.
RUSSELL SPRINGS Butterfield Trail
Historical Museum, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday Memorial Day through Labor Day.
McPherson County
LINDSBORG McPherson County Old
Mill Museum and Heritage Square, restored 1898 flour mill, the
Swedish Pavilion from the 1904 World´s Fair and other buildings
of historical note, 120 Mill, (785) 227-3595, Tuesday through
Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission fee.
LINDSBORG Stenfors Mansion, 119
N. Second, (785) 227-4456. By appointment, admission fee.
LINDSBORG REO Antique Auto Museum,
East Lincoln and Kansas Highway 4, (785) 227-3252, Sunday through
Saturday 1 to 4 p.m. Donations accepted.
McPHERSON McPherson County Courthouse,
1894 National Register building with tower clock, Kansas and
Maple, (316) 241-8149, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
closed holidays.
McPHERSON McPherson Museum, 1920s
mansion, 1130 E. Euclid, 1-800-324-8022 or (316) 241-3340, Tuesday
through Sunday 1 to 5 p.m., closed holidays.
McPHERSON Model Railroad Layouts,
more than 1,250 feet of scaled track and more than 1,700 feet
of wiring, 110 S. Main, (316) 241-3340 or (800) 324-8022. By
appointment, admission fee.
McPHERSON Antique auto restoration.
Tours offer a glimpse of antique auto restoration process at
McPherson College, 1600 Euclid, (316) 241-3340 or (800) 324-8022.
By appointment only.
Mitchell County
BELOIT The Depot, 401 S. River,
(785) 738-5881.
BELOIT Little Red Schoolhouse,
1871 country school and library museum, U.S. Highway 24 and Walnut.
(785) 738-5301 or (785) 738-4022, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. from June 1 through Sept. 1, Donations
accepted.
BELOIT Mitchell County Museum,
Williamsburg design, Indian artifacts collection, 402 W. Eighth,
(785) 738-5355, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday
1:30 to 5 p.m. and Sunday by appointment only. Donations accepted.
BELOIT Mitchell County Courthouse,
1903 Romanesque building with clock, Kansas Highway 14 and Main,
(785) 738-3652, Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
BELOIT St. John Catholic Church,
Fresco paintings and flying buttresses, 702 E. Court, (785) 738-2851,
Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
CAWKER CITY World's Largest Ball
of Twine, U.S. Highway 24.
GLEN ELDER Waconda Lake and Glen
Elder State Park, 14 miles west of Beloit on U.S. Highway 24,
(785) 545-3345. Admission fee.
Ness County
NESS CITY Ness County Bank Building,
U.S. Highway 283, restored historic limestone building, contains
a Kansas products gift shop, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday.
NESS COUNTY Goodman Dam, 40 fishing
acres, 200 hunting acres.
NESS CITY Ness County Historical
Museum, 123 S. Pennsylvania, (785) 798-3298, Tuesday through
Friday 1 to 5 p.m.
Norton County
NORTON Gallery of Also Rans, First
State Bank in downtown Norton, focuses on unsuccessful presidential
candidates, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 to 11 a.m.
Saturday.
NORTON Adobe House, Prairie Dog
State Park, by appointment, (785) 877-2501.
NORTON Norton County Historical
Museum, 1010 N. Second, 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.
NORTON Hillmon School, built in
1836, Prairie Dog State Park, (785) 877-2501.
NORTON Stagecoach Station 15, Roadside
Park, U.S. Highway 36, (785) 877-2501.
NORTON Sebelius Reservoir and Prairie
Dog State Park. Shower house, beach, camping, reservable shelter.
Osborne County
OSBORNE Osborne County Courthouse,
400 W. Main, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
OSBORNE Osborne County Historical
Museum, Schoolhouse No. 1 on location, one block west of U.S.
Highways 24 and 281, (785) 346-2418, Monday through Friday 1
to 5 p.m., Sunday 2 to 4 p.m.
Pawnee County
LARNED Central States Scout Museum,
815 Broadway, (316) 285-8938, April through October: Monday through
Friday, 5-9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., or by
appointment.
LARNED Fort Larned National Historic
Site, frontier military post, 6 miles west of Larned on Kansas
Highway 156, (316) 285-6911, Sunday through Saturday 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Closed Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year´s
Day.
LARNED Santa Fe Trail Center, accredited
regional trail museum, 2 miles west of Larned on Kansas Highway
156, (316) 285-2054, Sunday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Closed Monday, Labor Day through Memorial Day, Closed Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year´s Day.
LARNED Rose Manor, restored Georgian
manor, 707 State, (316) 285-6292, reservations required.
LARNED Sibley´s Camp, campsite
of 1825 Santa Fe Trail survey team, Second and State, (316) 285-3295,
Open for public viewing at all times.
Phillips County
KIRWIN Kirwin Reservoir and Kirwin
National Wildlife Refuge, one of 500 refuges administered by
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service but only one of four of its
kind in Kansas. Habitat and wildlife-dependent recreation, primitive
camping and tent or recreational vehicle camping. (785) 543-6673.
LOGAN Dane G. Hansen Museum, 110
W. Main, featuring Smithsonian traveling exhibits and permanent
collector of guns, coins, Japanese artifacts and Hansen family
memorabilia, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday,
9 am. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday and
holidays.
PHILLIPSBURG Fort Bissell Museum,
West U.S. Highway 36, pioneer fort and museum, 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday
through Sunday.
Pratt County
PRATT Kansas Wildlife and Parks
Museum, 1 mile east and south of U.S. Highway 54 and Kansas Highway
61, (316) 672-5911, Sunday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
PRATT Pratt County Historical Museum,
208 S. Ninnescah, (316) 672-7874, Tuesday through Sunday 2 to
4 p.m.
Reno County
HUTCHINSON Dillon Nature Center,
3002 E. 30th, (316) 663-7411.
HUTCHINSON Hedrick´s Exotic
Animal Farm and B&B Inn, 7910 N. Roy L. Smith Road, 8 miles west
of Hutchinson on Kansas Highway 96, (316) 422-3245, weekend tours
April through October. Admission fee.
HUTCHINSON Hutchinson Zoo, 600
E. Blanchard, Carey Park, (316) 694-2693, Sunday through Saturday
10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
HUTCHINSON Kansas Cosmosphere and
Space Center, 1100 N. Plum, (316) 662-2305 or (800) 397-0330.
Admission fee.
HUTCHINSON Kansas State Fair, 2000
N. Poplar, (800) 362-FAIR. Admission fee.
HUTCHINSON Reno County Museum,
100 S. Walnut, Avenue A and Walnut, (316) 662-1184, Tuesday through
Saturday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Rice County
LYONS Coronado-Quivira Museum,
Coronado and Santa Fe Trail Artifacts, 105 W. Lyon, (316) 257-3941,
Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
Admission fee.
LYONS Train caboose with train
memorabilia, 619 W. Main, (316) 257-2590. By appointment.
Rooks County
STOCKTON Rooks County Historical
Museum and Log Hotel, South U.S. Highway 183, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Wednesday, Thursday through Sunday by appointment,
(785) 425-7217.
WEBSTER Webster Reservoir, 10 miles
west of Stockton on U.S. Highway 24. Camping, shower house.
Rush County
LA CROSSE Rush County Historical
and Post Rock Museum, 200 W. First. Santa Fe railway depot filled
with artifacts and history of limestone´s use as fence
posts and building material, (785) 222-2719 or (785) 222-3560.
LA CROSSE Barbed Wire Museum, 202
W. First, history of barbed wire´s use on the prairie,
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, through mid-October.
Russell County
LUCAS Garden of Eden and cabin
home of S.P. Dinsmore, Second and Kansas, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
LUCAS Grassroots Arts Center, 213
S. Main, exhibits of primitive art, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, April to December.
LURAY Geodetic Center of North
America, North American surveys primary station, (785) 698-2374.
RUSSELL Gernon House, 818 N. Kansas,
1872 Post Rock home, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
RUSSELL Oil Patch Museum, Interstate
70 and U.S. Highway 281, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday,
1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday.
RUSSELL Fossil Station Museum,
331 Kansas, 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
RUSSELL Deines Cultural Center,
820 N. Main, 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
WILSON Kansas Originals Market,
Interstate 70 interchange, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday,
noon to 7 p.m. Sunday.
WILSON Post Rock buildings, Main
Street, (785) 658-2570.
WILSON Wilson Czech Opera House
and Museum, (785) 658-3343.
WILSON Post Rock Scenic Byway,
Kansas Highway 232, a scenic drive on an all-weather road between
Wilson and Lucas.
WILSON Wilson Lake and State Park.
Campsites, handicapped-accessible courtesy dock. (785) 658-2465.
Saline County
HEDVILLE Rolling Hills Wildlife
Refuge Center, 95-acre park featuring 40 animal species, including
many that are endangered. (785) 827-9488. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
daily except Christmas and New Year´s Day. Admission fee.
SALINA Central Kansas Flywheels
Museum, 1100 W. Diamond, (785) 825-8473, Open May through September
1 to 5 p.m.
SALINA Smoky Hill Museum, 211 W.
Iron, (785) 826-7460, Tuesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m.,
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
SALINA Smoky Hill Vineyards and
Winery, Kansas Highway 143 and Old U.S. Highway 81, (785) 825-2515,
Monday through Friday 2-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday
1 to 6 p.m.
Scott County
SCOTT CITY Keystone Gallery, 26
miles south of Oakley, U.S. Highway 83, (316) 872-2762.
Sheridan County
HOXIE Mickey Museum, U.S. Highway
24, collectibles and historical artifacts, call for appointment,
(785) 675 3872.
STUDLEY Cottonwood Ranch, 18 miles
west of Hill City on U.S. Highway 24, historic 19th century English
sheep ranch. Tours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday
and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday
Smith County
LEBANON Geographic center of the
contiguous United States, 1 mile north and 1 mile west of Lebanon.
Souvenirs available at LaDow Supermarket, call for appointment,
(785) 389-3611.
Stafford County
STAFFORD Quivira National Wildlife
Refuge, 7 miles north and 6 miles east of Stafford, (316) 486-2393,
Office and Visitor Center: Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to
4 p.m.
STAFFORD Stafford County Museum,
Broadway and Main, (316) 234-5664.
Thomas County
COLBY Northwest Research Extension
Center, 105 Experiment Farm Drive, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
COLBY Prairie Museum of Art and
History. Rare dolls, glass, furniture, antiques, Kansas´
biggest public barn. 1905 S. Franklin, frontage road between
Interstate 70 exits 53 and 54, (785) 462-4590, Monday through
Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission free.
COLBY Thomas County Courthouse.
Listed on National Register of Historic Places, built in 1906.
300 N. Court, (785) 462-4500, Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Trego County
CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR Southern
Trego County. Rental cabins, shower houses, beach areas, camping
spots, fish cleaning station. (785) 726-3212.
WaKEENEY Trego County Historical
Museum, by appointment (785) 743-2964.
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