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Prairie Spirit Trail – North End – Ottawa Depot
  • Trail Season: Year-around
  • Length of Trail: 51 mile(s)
  • Trail Activities: Walking, Mt. Biking
  • There is camping located near the trail
  • This trail is ADA accessible
  • Location of Start: N38 37 13. 3 W095 16 12.0
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    A 51 mile linear park built upon a rail-banked rail corridor. The riding/walking surface is 8 feet wide hard packed limestone screenings. Grades are moderate and follo the original rail grades.


New chapter to serve Dickinson and surrounding counties ABILENE -- The historic trailhead at the end of the Chisholm Trail, where the cattle finally met their ride to the eastern markets in the 19th century, has a new Quail Unlimited (QU) chapter staking claim to its name. The new Chisholm Trail QU Chapter has already begun some preliminary ... Read More


PRATT – Singletracks.com, an online website for outdoor enthusiasts that centers around camping, hiking, skiing, and mountain biking, recently came out with a list of the Most Popular Mountain Bike Trails for 2015 and Switchgrass Trail at Wilson State Park in Russell County took the lead for Kansas. Open year-round in the Hell Creek area o ... Read More


PRATT – The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Trails Advisory Board will hold a public meeting Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, at the Great Plains Nature Center (GPNC), 6232 E. 29th Street N, in Wichita. The Board will hear and discuss projects previously submitted for funding under the Recreational Trails Fund Act. The meeting will beg ... Read More


TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) has announced that a portion of the Arkansas River in Kansas has been designated a National Water Trail by the National Park Service. It is an honor shared by the Kansas River – the first such trail named in the state.The Arkansas River National Water Trail is 192 miles long, ... Read More


3/30/19 - 3/31/19: Prairie Spirit Trail - 100 Miler, 100K, 50 Miler, 50K - Timer Guys
Ultra Running
(Celebration Hall in Ottawa, KS)

9/13/14 - Garnett Community Foundation - Pub to Pub
10K Run/Walk
(From Trade Winds Bar and Grill in Garnett to the Scipio Supper Club in Scipio on the Prairie Spirit Trail)

4/2/16 - 4/3/16: Epic Ultras
Ultra Marathon 50 and 100 mile
(Prairie Spirit Trail: Race Start- Celebration Hall, 220 W 17th Street, Ottawa, KS)