The Elk City State Park is a place where rolling meadows meet dense hickory and oak woodlands to create a beautiful park encompassing more than 850 acres by the eastern shore of the Elk City Reservoir. Offering a family-oriented, quiet destination for escape, the state park provides easy access to hiking trails, playgrounds, a campground with a variety of shaded sites, a swimming beach, and boat ramps. The lake area at Elk City State Park offers visitors picturesque views of the limestone bluffs, wooded hills, and open prairie, however, the are is perhaps best known for the diverse trail systems.
4825 Squaw Creek Rd, Independence, KS 67301, Phone: 620-331-6295