Eisenhower State Park is a 1,785-acre state park in Osage County that is home to the 6,930-acre Melvern Lake, thousands of acres of tallgrass prairie and verdant woodlands. Located northeast of Emporia and south of Topeka, the park features utility campsites, primitive camping in several areas, including Five-Star, Sailboat Beach, and Omaha Swim Beach, and 15 equestrian campsites with individual corrals in the upper loop of Westpoint Campground. Other facilities in the park range from overnight cabins, primitive yurts, and several boat ramps to the Jones Family Activity Area with a basketball court, playground, and horseshoe pits. There is also a sand volleyball court, a swimming beach, an 18-hole disc golf course, picnic shelters, a fly-fishing pond, and a walk-through archery trail with 19 targets.
Osage City, KS 66523, Phone: 785-528-4102
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