Outdoor Recreation

Outdoor recreational opportunites abound around WaKeeney. The town is located in an area offering some of the best bird hunting anywhere. Cedar Bluff Lake and State Park, thirteen miles south of town, offers great fishing, camping, and boating. While you’re there, explore Threshing Machine Canyon?the site of an Indian attack on a wagon train in the Nineteenth century.

During the summer, baseball, tennis, swimming, golf, and car races are popular. In addition to ball fields, the city maintains several parks for public use.

Eisenhower Park / I-70 Access Road
Warren-Keeney Park / North Sixth Street
Scout Park / 9th & Russell
North Pole Park / Main Street
ClayCamp Memorial Park / 3rd & Hazel
Swimming Pool (785) 743-2167 / 716 N. 6th

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More Things to Do

Leave room for the unexpected.

The best parts of a trip rarely show up on an itinerary.

80 Foot Wide Brick Streets

Take a walk along the 80 foot wide brick streets of downtown. WaKeeney was founded…

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Take less, experience more.

What you carry matters less than what you notice.

Elk Dreamer Art Gallery

The newest attraction to Wakeeney features southwest art prints and sculptures.

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Keep moving.

Even slow progress opens up new places and perspectives.

Butterfield Overland Despatch Trail

Stone markers can be seen where this trail crosses the north-south country roads. The Butterfield…

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Let it unfold.

Not everything needs to be scheduled to be meaningful.

Big Creek Golf Course

Big Creek Golf Course is one of the nicest 9 hole, grass green golf courses…

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