Jackson 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 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 MuseumsOn the Missouri river, the park offers camping, picnics, and fishing.
Atchison, KS RecreationThis 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 MuseumsAviatrix Amelia Earhart was born in this home, built by her grandfather, Judge Alfred G. Otis, in the early 1860s. It it owned and operated as a museum by the Ninety-Nines, Inc., an international organization of women pilots. Earhart helped found the group in 1929
Atchison, KS Famous HomesCentralia City Lake is usually noted for good channel cat, white bass and crappie fishing. White bass numbers are down some...