The restored Santa Fe Depot, long a community landmark, serves as a Visitor Information Center and houses the Chamber of Commerce offices.
The center provides visitors with brochures, maps, and a helpful staff who can answer questions about sightseeing in the Atchison area.
The Warming Hut gift shop is well-stocked with souvenirs of Atchison, the railroads, Amerlia Earhart, and Kansas. The Chamber of Commerce also helps arrange tours for groups over 15.
This museum in the restored Santa Fe Depot traces the history of Atchison County. Exhibits highlight Atchison's transition from a bend in the Missouri River to a busy commercial center for steamboats, westward-bound wagon trains and the railroads.
Atchison, KS MuseumsViews of the Missouri River, its bluffs and valley are dramatic every season of the year.
Atchison, KS Scenic ViewsJackson Park is the largest park in Atchison and the center of community fun days as well as family outtings. It is a heavily-wooded area with hiking and biking trails, play equipment, shelterhouses and picnic facilities.
Atchison, KS ParksThis 25-room mansion, listed in the National Register of Historic Places , is a glorious example of the opulence of the Victorian era. Built in 1882
Atchison, KS MuseumsBenedictine monks established St. Benedict's Abbey in the late 1850s. Today about 40 monks reside at the abbey on the northern edge of Benedictine College. The historic complex is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Gothic-style abbey, completed in 1929
Atchison, KS Historic Churches