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Harvey County West Park, KS Attractions

Hesston - 13 mi. NE

Newton - 17 mi. SE

Hutchinson - 26 mi. SW

McPherson - 27 mi. N

Halstead - 9 mi. SE

Harvey County West Park Fishing

Harvey County West Park Fishing

Harvey County West Park Fishing

The 310 acre park offers a 16 acre fishing lake stocked with channel cat, largemouth bass and crappie. The Little Arkansas River offers good flathead and channel cat fishing and is accessible to small boats and canoes.

No gas motors are allowed on the lake. There is a bait shop open during season with rental boats. There is no entry fee to fish, hike, use the beach or picnic areas.

An ADA compliant restroom complements the disabled patrons visit.

State license requirements apply for fishing.

Harvey County West Park Camping

Harvey County West Park Camping

Harvey County West Park Camping

Campers will find a variety of campsites with electricity as well as a number of primitive sites both with access to restrooms and bathhouses.

In addition , West Park offers a softball diamond, nature and horse trails, playground equipment, swimming beach, enclosed and open-air shelters for rent and a bait shop open during season with rental boats.

Hesston

13 mi. NE
Hesston's History dates back to 1886, when the Missouri Pacific railroad was building westward. The town had two names before the people settled on Hess Town, named for two brothers who were landowners where the town was later built. For many years Hesston was a small agricultural town of Mennoni Visit us in Hesston
Newton

17 mi. SE
Newton's history begins in 1870 with the arrival of Judge R.W.P Muse, a railroad agent representing the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, who was investigating possibilities for extending the railroad. Located on the Chisholm Trail, Newton seemed a very logical location for a Santa Fe terminal. By 1871, Visit us in Newton
Hutchinson

26 mi. SW
Hutchinson, Kansas in Reno County is an area with a unique history, rich heritage and vision for the 21st century. Unlike the "wild west" reputation of other Kansas towns, Hutchinson's founder, C.C. Hutchinson, was determined to populate "his" town with only those persons of "high moral fiber." A Visit us in Hutchinson
McPherson

27 mi. N
McPherson is located in the middle of both Kansas and the United States. It is a city of 13,770 people who pride themselves in combining the best of a small town and a large city. The City of McPherson (pronounced Mc-Fur-son) was founded in 1872 and named after General James Birdseye McPherson, w Visit us in McPherson
Halstead

9 mi. SE
Founded largely by Russian Mennonite immigrants, the city of Halstead was incorporated in 1877 and named in honor of journalist Murat Halstead. With the hard red winter wheat (Turkey Red) they brought from Russia, the Mennonites established Halstead as a farming community, and built the Bernard Wark Visit us in Halstead

Park Area Attractions

Halstead 6

Newton 21

Hesston 5

Hutchinson 15

McPherson 13

Park Area Events

Halstead 1

November 23rd - Christmas Celebration

Hutchinson 3

November 23rd - Old-Fashioned Christmas Downtown
November 29th - Kansas Beef Expo
December 14th - Hyde Park Luminaria

McPherson 1

November 30th - Christmas Open House

Park Area Businesses

Halstead 10

Newton 36

Hesston 16

Hutchinson 83

McPherson 17