Parks and Recreation near Ellinwood, Kansas

Ellinwood, Kansas

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
11 miles South of Ellinwood

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area
7 miles Northeast of Ellinwood
There are 650 bird species in the United States, 417 in Kansas, and 320 in Cheyenne Bottoms! Besides birds, there are 23 species of mammals 19 species of reptiles and nine species of amphibians.
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area

Ellinwood's Underground Tunnels

Ellinwood, KS One Of A Kinds

Historic Dick Building and Ellinwood Museum

The Dick Building was built in 1887 and is listed on the Kansas State Historical Register. It was bought by Matt Dick in 1889

Ellinwood, KS Museums

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

Ellinwood, KS Wildlife Refuges

St. Joseph Catholic Church

St. Joseph Catholic Church with its 150 foot steeple was built of native limestone, quarried near Odin, Kansas. The church was completed and the first Mass was offered Aug. 13, 1902. There are frescoes in the arches near the ceiling, and the pipe organ installed in 1928 at cost of $3,500

Ellinwood, KS Historic Churches

Santa Fe Depot

The existing Santa Fe Depot is the fourth depot built in Ellinwood and was dedicated on Dec. 17, 1903. The previous depot was hit by lightning and burned in 1902

Ellinwood, KS Railroad History

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Ellinwood, Kansas

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Ellinwood's Underground Tunnels

Historic Dick Building and Ellinwood Museum

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Santa Fe Depot

Things to do near Ellinwood, KS

Tours

Oddfellows Lodge

Lyons Town & Country Club

Wellington Parks

Carriage Factory Gallery & Park