Archive for the 'Trails' Category (Page 15)


  • Congratulations to the Flint Hills Nature Trail!

    Congratulations to the Flint Hills Nature Trail!

    Each month the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy highlights a rails-trails project as its Trail of the Month, and for March, it Kansas’ own Flint Hills Nature Trail!

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  • Ruby Jack Trail Connects to Kansas

    Ruby Jack Trail Connects to Kansas

    Missouri's Ruby Jack Trail, located in the southwestern part of the state, near Joplin, runs 16 miles from the town of Carthage, Missouri to the Kansas state line.

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  • Kansas Trail News: February 22, 2010

    Kansas Trail News: February 22, 2010

    Flint Hills Trail In Top 10 In Nation; IRS Reporting Requirements For Trail Groups; Earth Day 40th Anniversary Celebration; Pittsburg Rail-Trail Moving Forward; Buffalo Commons National Park.

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  • Rails-to-Trails Progress in Pittsburg

    Rails-to-Trails Progress in Pittsburg

    An update on a rails-to-trails project in Pittsburg, Kansas that will transform former railroads near downtown into hiking and biking trails.

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  • First Segment of Blue River Rail Trail Opens

    First Segment of Blue River Rail Trail Opens

    A two-mile segment of the Blue River Rail Trail recently opened in Marysville, Kansas, and is planned to stretch to the Nebraska state line, where it will hook up with the Homestead Trail.

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  • Kansas Trail News: January 19, 2010

    Kansas Trail News: January 19, 2010

    Rail-Trail Building Seminar and Sunflower Recreational Trails Meeting Feb. 6; KC’s Riverfront Heritage Trail Gap Closed; Topeka Approves Landon Trail Extension; Legislative Watch; Cold/Snow Slows Trail Projects.

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  • Kansas Trail News: December 29, 2009

    Kansas Trail News: December 29, 2009

    St. Joseph To Wathena Rail-Trail Underway; Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy Receives Grant; Conservation Easements For Trails; Trail Gap Closed On Flint Hills Nature Trail; Lawrence Residents Support More Trails; Making Trails Interesting.

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  • Kansas Trail News Reprints

    Kansas Trail News Reprints

    Sunflower Recreational Trails puts out a great little newsletter filled with tidbits of news and information about rail-trails, hiking trails, mountain bike trails, and multi-use paths in Kansas. This newsletter is now being re-published on Kansas Cyclist for all to enjoy.

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  • No Mountains, But Kansas Can Still Kick Your Ass

    No Mountains, But Kansas Can Still Kick Your Ass

    An expat comes home to find that there's more to Kansas than wheat and tornadoes. We're a little short on true mountains, but the challenge of Kansas trails might just surprise you, too.

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  • Prairie Spirit Trail Bridge Reopens

    Prairie Spirit Trail Bridge Reopens

    With the re-opening of the Pottawatomie Creek bridge, the Prairie Spirit Trail is now whole, and can be ridden end-to-end, a total of about 51 miles, from Ottawa in the north to Iola in the south. Enjoy the longest rail-trail in Kansas!

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