Region Guide

Kansas City Area

The Kansas City area serves up some of the most incredible contrasts. Cosmopolitan Kansas City communities and suburbs stretch across rolling hills and steep bluffs, while quiet river towns lounge on wooded banks of the Missouri River. Here’s the place to indulge your taste for variety. From first-class dining and professional theater to hot concerts and first-rate sports. Explore history and take in the museums. Or take home your own treasure from a wealth of shops, boutiques and antique stores. Get carried away at a festival. You’re bound to carry away some great memories when you visit the Kansas City region.

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Start early. Stay late.

The edges of the day tend to hold the best experiences.

Leavenworth

Leavenworth, the "First City in Kansas," established in 1854 is located on the west banks of the Missouri River. It became nationally known as the "jumping off point" for the…

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Cities

Cities to Explore

Let the road decide.

Plans are useful, but flexibility is where the real discoveries happen.

Lenexa

The Shawnee Indian tribe called this area home from roughly 1825-1860, before moving on to…

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Make time for quiet places.

Not every destination needs noise to be meaningful.

Bonner Springs

In the Bonner Springs area you'll find some of the hottest attractions in the Kansas…

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Worth the stop.

Some places don't need much time, just the right moment.

Basehor

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A place to slow down.

Not every stop needs to be busy to be worth your time.

Gardner

With its own settlement roots dating back to 1857, Gardner, Kansas holds a unique distinction…

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Find your way.

There's no single right route, just the one that fits you.

Kansas City

There's a place on the northeast border of Kansas where the Missouri River meets the…

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Go a little further.

The next turn is often where things start to get interesting.

Fort Leavenworth

Fort Leavenworth was established on May 8, 1827, by Colonel Henry Leavenworth and 188 officers…

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Simple trips are often the best.

You don't need much for a place to leave an impression.

Louisburg

Just below the banks of a small tributary, now known as Rabbit Creek, near a…

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Leave room for the unexpected.

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

Lansing

The community of Lansing was incorporated as an official city of Kansas in 1959, but…

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Outdoors

Lakes & Parks

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Events

Upcoming Events

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Fourth of July Celebration
Olathe
Jul
4
4th of July Celebration/Salute to the Union
Fort Leavenworth
Jul
5
Tractor Daze & Touch-a-Truck Swap Meet & Mud Run
Bonner Springs
Jul
5
Real Bikers Wear Pink Motorcycle Ride for Breast Cancer Research
Overland Park
Jul
11
Annual Moonlight Bike Ride
Lenexa
Jul
11
KC Scottish Highland Games
Kansas City
Jul
12–19
Miami County Fair & Rodeo
Paola
Jul
21–25
Leavenworth County Fair
Tonganoxie
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Golf Courses

  • 25 in Kansas City Area

Museums

  • 21 in Kansas City Area

Golf Tournaments

  • 21 in Kansas City Area

Festivals

  • 19 in Kansas City Area

Car Shows

  • 16 in Kansas City Area

Military

  • 14 in Kansas City Area

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Explore a County Johnson County 6 cities  ·  4 counties in Kansas City Area

Traders and settlers heading west would have been just one day out of Independence or Westport, Missouri, when they came…

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Explore a City Lenexa 9 attractions  ·  16 cities in Kansas City Area

The Shawnee Indian tribe called this area home from roughly 1825-1860, before moving on to Oklahoma. Kansas historical records list…

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