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SP= State Park SP= State Park SP= State Park SFL= State Fishing Lake SFL= State Fishing Lake SFL= State Fishing Lake WA= Wildlife Area WA= Wildlife Area WA= Wildlife Area Miles / Hike Walk Horse Bike Mt. Camping Nearby Req. Permit Trail Miles / Hike Walk Horse Bike Mt. Camping Nearby Req. Permit Trail Trail, Location Trail, Location Miles / Hike Walk Horse Bike Mt. Camping Nearby Req. Permit Trail Trail, Location HIGH PLAINS REGION KAW RIVER REGION (Cont.) NEOSHO REGION (Cont.) Big Basin Preserve Driving Tour Fancy Creek Trail Post Oak Self-guiding Nature Trail 2.0 8.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ 1.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ Trails Big Basin Preserve Tuttle Creek SP Elk City SP Agave Ridge Nature Trail Randolph Trail Squaw Creek Trail 5.0 ✔ ✔ 13.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 1.7 ✔ ✔ ✔ Cedar Bluff SP Tuttle Creek SP Elk City SP A Resource on Big Nature Trail Western Heritage Trail Table Mound Hiking Trail 0.3 ✔ ✔ 1.25 ✔ ✔ ✔ 2.8 ✔ ✔ Lake Scott SP Tuttle Creek SP Elk City SP the Move Lake Scott Bridle Trail Boulder Bluff Trail 7.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 20.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Lake Scott SP ARKANSAS REGION El Dorado SP Eagle Trail Geifer Creek Nature Trail Double Black Diamond Trail 1.55 ✔ ✔ ✔ 0.3 ✔ ✔ 2.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ Meade SP Cheney SP El Dorado SP Steve Mathes Nature Trail Spring Creek Wildlife Observ. Trl Shady Creek Wildlife Trail 1.4 ✔ ✔ ✔ 0.5 ✔ ✔ 2.1 ✔ ✔ ✔ Dog SP Cheney SP El Dorado SP Webster SP Coyote Trail West Side Trail Teter Nature Trail 3.0 ✔ ✔ 6.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ 1.0 ✔ ✔ Webster SP Cheney SP El Dorado SP Cheyenne Bottoms Auto Tour Walnut Ridge Trail 9.0 1.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ REGION Cheyenne Bottoms WA El Dorado SP Buffalo Track Canyon Trail Gypsum Creek Nature Trail Walnut River Trail 1.5 ✔ ✔ 1.5 ✔ ✔ 2.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ Kanopolis SP Nature Center El Dorado SP Kanopolis Trails Cottonwood Trail Bluestem Prairie Trail 26.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 0.5 ✔ 1.5 ✔ ✔ Kanopolis SP Sand Hills SP SP Kids Pond Trail Dune Trail Casner Creek Trail .58 ✔ ✔ 1.0 ✔ 1.5 ✔ ✔ Kanopolis SP Sand Hills SP Fall River SP Split Boulder Trail Pond Trail Catclaw Trail 2.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ 1.5 ✔ ✔ 1.7 ✔ ✔ Kanopolis SP Sand Hills SP Fall River SP Wildlife Viewing Area Trail Prairie Trail Overlook Run Trail (ADA) .61 ✔ ✔ 1.9 ✔ ✔ 1.0 ✔ Kanopolis SP Sand Hills SP Fall River SP Cedar Trail (ADA) Rolling Hills Post Oak Trail .75 ✔ ✔ ✔ 3.8 ✔ ✔ 0.7 ✔ ✔ ✔ Wilson SP Sand Hills SP Fall River SP Dakota Trail Tallgrass Trail Turkey Run Trail 1.0 ✔ ✔ 2.2 ✔ ✔ 1.0 ✔ ✔ Wilson SP Sand Hills SP Fall River SP Switchgrass Mountain Bike Trail Bluestem Spur Trail Deer Trace Canoe Trail 25.5 ✔ ✔ ✔ 0.5 ✔ ✔ 2.5 ✔ ✔ Wilson SP Sand Hills SP Mined Land WA Trail Mined Land Nature Trails 1.2 ✔ ✔ 2.6 ✔ ✔ KAW RIVER REGION Sand Hills SP Mined Land WA At one time, Kansas trails were an essential part H.R. Green Nature Trail Neosho Nature Trail of the state's pioneering economy. The Santa Fe, the 2.0 ✔ 1.0 ✔ H.R. Green WA NEOSHO REGION Neosho SFL Oregon, the Pony Express – these are a few of the Crystal Trail (short and long loop) CCC Memorial Trail 2.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ 0.25 ✔ ✔ Milford SP Crawford SP OSAGE REGION trails Kansas helped make famous. However, many Eagle Ridge Trail Deer Run Nature Trail Cross Country Ski Trail 8.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 0.5 ✔ ✔ 4.0 ✔ ✔ trails, as well as railroad lines, have been abandoned Milford SP Crawford SP Clinton SP Waterfall Trail Drywood Creek Clinton Hiking and Biking Trail in the 20th Century. 0.6 ✔ ✔ ✔ 6.8 ✔ ✔ ✔ 20.7 ✔ ✔ ✔ Milford SP Crawford SP Clinton SP At the same time, demand has increased for Pipeline (Campground) Trail Spider Leg Bridge Cowboy Riding Area (800 Acres) 3.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ 0.5 ✔ ✔ NA ✔ ✔ places to hike, bicycle, ride horses, and just plain Milford SP Crawford SP Eisenhower SP Perry Equestrian Trail Ancient Trees Trail Eisenhower Interpretive Trail enjoy nature. 16.5 ✔ ✔ 1.0 ✔ 0.5 ✔ ✔ Perry SP SP Eisenhower SP This shifting demand for access to the land has Perry Nature Trail Blackjack Trail Hillsdale SP Trail System 2.0 ✔ ✔ 1.0 ✔ ✔ 24.0 ✔ ✔ Perry SP Cross Timbers SP Hillsdale SP created a new interest in public trails. In response, Delaware Area Bike/Hike Trail Chautauqua Hills Trail Ah-ke-ta Nature Trail 13.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ 11.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ 0.5 ✔ ✔ the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Perry SP Cross Timbers SP Pomona SP Pillsbury Crossing Nature Trail Oak Ridge Trail Prairie Spirit Rail Trail Tourism has put new emphasis on maintaining a 2.2 ✔ ✔ 0.5 ✔ ✔ 51.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Pillsbury Crossing WA Cross Timbers SP Prairie Spirit Trail (SP) statewide trails system at state parks and wildlife Prairie Center Nature Trail Woodson Cove Overlook Trail 6.0 ✔ ✔ 1.3 ✔ ✔ ✔ areas. This places renewed economic and environ- Prairie Center (KC) Cross Timbers SP Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to Cedar Ridge Trail (ADA) Eagle Rock Mountain Bike Trail mental value on the Sunflower State's natural trans- 1.0 ✔ ✔ 4.0 ✔ ✔ race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, Tuttle Creek SP Elk City SP gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. portation corridors Cottonwood Trail Green Thumb Nature Trail Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the 0.5 ✔ ✔ 1.0 ✔ ✔ Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, Tuttle Creek SP Elk City SP 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 06/16 KANSAS TRAILS 4. Cheyenne Bottoms Auto Tour OSAGE REGION SMOKY HILLS KAW RIVER Cheyenne Bottoms WA ...... (620) 793-3066 REGION REGION 1. Cross Country Ski Trail 5. Gypsum Creek Nature Trail 2. Clinton Hiking and Biking Trail Great Plains Nature Center ...... (316) 628-4592 Clinton SP ...... (785) 842-8562 6 6. Cottonwood Trail 3. Eisenhower Interpretive Trail 7. Dune Trail 4. Cowboy Riding Area 7 11-15 10 8. Pond Trail Eisenhower SP ...... (785) 528-4102 6-8 9. Prairie Trail 9 1 2-5 10. Rolling Hills 5. Hillsdale SP Trail System 2 6-8 1-2 11. Tallgrass Trail Hillsdale SP ...... (913) 783-4507 HIGH 12. Bluestem Spur Trail 1-5 6 OSAGE 6. Ah-ke-ta Nature Trail PLAINS 7 5 13. Woodland Trail 3-4 REGION Pomona SP ...... (785) 828-4933 REGION 3-4 4 Sand Hills SP ...... (316) 542-3664 7. Prairie Spirit Rail Trail 6-13 NEOSHO REGION Prairie Spirit Trail ...... (785) 448-2627

1-3 5-9 1. CCC Memorial Trail 5 2. Deer Run Nature Trail 15-20 21-25 1-4 28 26-27 3. Drywood Creek 4. Spider Leg Bridge 5 1 10-14 Crawford SP ...... (620) 362-3671 Motor vehicles entering a state park are required to have a valid motor vehi- 5. Ancient Trees cle permit. No permit is required to NEOSHO RIVER 6. Blackjack Trail walk or bicycle into any Kansas state 7. Chautauqua Hills Trail park (except Sand Hills State Park). Per REGION REGION person use permits are required for 8. Oak Ridge Trail Sand Hills State Park and Prairie Spirit HIGH PLAINS REGION KAW RIVER REGION 9. Woodson Cove Overlook Trail Trail. Permits are not required to use Cross Timbers SP ...... (620) 637-2213 trails on wildlife areas and state fishing lakes. Camping is not permitted 1. Big Basin Preserve Driving Tour 1. H.R. Green Nature Trail on any department trails. Camping may be available in nearby camp- Big Basin Preserve ...... (620) 269-2348 H.R. Green WA ...... (785) 246-3449 10. Eagle Rock Mountain Bike Trail grounds in state parks (fees required) or wildlife areas and state fishing 11. Green Thumb Nature Trail lakes. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks wishes to thank the 2. Agave Nature Trail 2. Crystal Trail (short and long loop) 12. Post Oak Self-guided Nature Trail many individuals and oganizations throughout the state who have Cedar Bluff SP ...... (785) 726-3212 3. Eagle Ridge Trail 13. Squaw Creek Trail helped make these trails possible. Their dedication and hard work have 4. Waterfall Trail 14. Table Mound Hiking Trail enhanced trail opportunities for all Kansans. 3. Big Spring Nature Trail 5. Pipeline (Campground) Trail Elk City SP ...... (620) 331-6295 4. Lake Scott Bridle Trail Milford WA ...... (785) 238-3014 CORPS OF ENGINEERS TRAILS Lake Scott SP ...... (620) 872-2061 15. Boulder Bluff Trail The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 6. Perry Equestrian Trail 16. Double Black Diamond Trail maintains trails at Big Hill, Clinton, Council 5. Eagle Trail 7. Perry Nature Trail 17. Shady Creek Trail Grove, Elk City, Fall River, Hillsdale, John Meade SP ...... (620) 873-2572 8. Delaware Area Bike/Hike Trail 18. Teter Nature Trail Redmond, Kanopolis, Marion, Melvern, Perry SP ...... (785) 246-3449 19. Walnut Ridge Trail Milford, Perry, Pomona, Toronto, Tuttle 6. Steve Mathes Nature Trail 20. Walnut River Trail Creek, and Wilson reservoirs. Prairie Dog SP ...... (785) 877-2953 9. Pillsbury Crossing Nature Trail El Dorado SP ...... (316) 321-7180 These trails may allow hiking, interpre- Pillsbury Crossing WA ...... (785) 363-7316 tive, bicycle, equestrian, and/or off-road 7. Webster SP Coyote Trail 20. Bluestem Prairie Trail vehicle traffic. Corps areas with the most trail miles include the following: Webster SP ...... (785) 425-6775 10. Prairie Center Nature Trail 21. Casner Creek Trail Prairie Center (KC) ...... (913) 856-7669 22. Catclaw Trail Clinton Reservoir – hiking, 56 mi.; interpretive, 1 mi.; SMOKY HILLS REGION 23. Overlook Run Trail bicycle, 12 mi.; equestrian, 35 mi. 11. Cedar Ridge Trail (ADA) 24. Post Oak Trail Elk City Reservoir –hiking, 21 mi.; interpretive, 1 mi. 1. Buffalo Track Canyon Trail 12. Cottonwood Trail (ADA) 2. Kanopolis Trails 25. Turkey Run Trail Kanopolis Reservoir – interpretive, 1 mi; 13. Fancy Creek Trail Fall River SP ...... (620) 637-2213 3. Kids Pond Trail 14. Randolph Trail off-road vehicle, 1 mi. 4. Split Boulder Tail Perry Reservoir – hiking, 20 mi.; hiking/biking 10 mi. 15. Western Heritage Trail 26. Deer Trace Canoe Trail 5. Wildlife Viewing Area Trail Tuttle Creek SP ...... (785) 539-7941 27. Mined Land Nature Trails interpretive, 5 mi.; equestrian, 17.5 mi.; Kanopolis SP ...... (785) 546-2565 Mined Land WA ...... (620) 231-3173 off-road vehicle, 15 mi. Tuttle Creek Reservoir – hiking, 4 mi.; 6. Cedar Trail ARKANSAS REGION 28. Neosho Nature Trail interpretive, 2 mi.; equestrian, 3 mi.; 7. Dakota Trail 1. Geifer Creek Nature Trail Neosho SFL ...... (620) 449-2539 off-road vehicle, 8 mi. 8. Switchgrass Mountain Bike Trail 2. Spring Creek Wildlife Observation Trail Wilson SP ...... (785) 658-2465 3. West Side Trail For more information on these trails, contact a local office of the U.S. Cheney SP ...... (316) 542-3664 Army Corps of Engineers.