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Welcome to camping in Kansas, where day trips, staycations, and meandering are all encouraged.

Camping in Kansas RV parks & campgrounds lets you see it all.

The Flint Hills, in east central Kansas, cover several million acres of nearly treeless prairie. It's also home of the largest segment of true tallgrass prairie remaining in the U.S.A.

Limestone hills rule the Smoky Hills in central Kansas.

Central Kansas is home to the Gypsum Hills buttes and mesas.

Kansas was once the bed of a large inland sea. Vast deposits of limestone still exist. Monument Rocks and Castle Rock, both chalk formations, jut up from the plains in Gove County. Many historically significant fossils have been unearthed and are on display at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays.

Let's orient you to Kansas!

Population:  2,688,418

Motto:   "To the Stars Through Difficulties"

Song:  "Home on the Range"

Capital:  Topeka

Nicknames:  Wheat State and Sunflower State

Land Area:  82,282 square miles (15th in geographic size)

Highest Elevation:  4,039' Mt. Sunflower (Wallace County in northwest Kansas)

Lowest Elevation:  679' Verdigris River (Montgomery County in southeast Kansas

Time Zones:  Most of Kansas is situated in the Central Time Zone, but four of the western counties observe Mountain Time. The east-west span of Kansas is great enough that the sun rises and sets on the western border 30 minutes later than on the eastern border.

Seasons:  All four seasons are experienced in Kansas. The state is as varied as it is wide. The average annual precipitation in southeast Kansas is 45", while the western edge averages just 15" of rain.

National Parks:

Cimarron National Grassland (Morton County)
Fort Scott National Historic Site (Bourbon County)
Fort Larned National Historic Site (Pawnee County)
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (Chase County)
Nicodemus National Historic Site (Graham County)
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (Shawnee County)

Flower: Sunflower

Tree: Cottonwood

Bird: Western Meadowlark

KANSAS HAS A WILD PAST AND INTERESTING HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Fossils from 100 million years ago, science programs leading America into the future, and everything in between.

Wild West and old cowtowns of Dodge City, Abilene, Wichita.

Names such as Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, and William "Bat" Masterson.

"Home on the Range" was penned here.

The Oregon Trail passes through Kansas.

Lawrence Fire Station No. 4 was on the Underground Railroad.

Dwight D (Ike) Eisenhower gave leadership to the US Army and went on to the White House as the 34th President of the United States. Abilene is his final resting place.

William Cody (feeding the Pacific Railroad workers) and William Comstock (feeding soldiers at Fort Wallace), competed near Oakley, giving Cody the ever famous title "Buffalo Bill."

The geodetic center of North America is right here in Kansas.

Camping with us gives you access to all of this.Take your RV into the rural midwest communities of America's heartland. Our campground facilities offer you genuinely warm hospitality.

KANSAS HAS AGRICULTURAL FUN

Known as the "Sunflower State" and also as the "Wheat State." Crop harvesting is seen all around our state and at varying times of the year.

Kansas RV parks can be a part of your plans for your agri-tourism experience.

Wheat: Kansas wheat farmers plant 10 million acres each year! Camping in late June or early July typically  will let you see the custom harvesters bringing in the wheat.

Sunflowers: Sunflowers consume over 170,000 acres. Whether you're camping near a sunflower field, or you see their majestic glory while driving, August is a stunning time in Kansas.

Corn: Kansas dedicates over 3 million acres to corn.

Cotton: Could your Kansas camping trip provide the opportunity to see cotton fields? Although most don't think of Kansas for cotton, you'll find cotton fields in the southern part of our state.

Soybean: 2.8 million acres, definitely a proud amount! Camping in Kansas gives you so much opportunity to see the raw product before it makes its way onto the store shelves.

Sorghum (milo):  A colorful autumn harvest crop worthy of many photographs.

If crop acreage isn't amazing enough, how about 6.65 million head of cattle and calves on our Kansas farms and ranches!

The Kansas RV & Camping Guide is a handy directory, free for the asking. Request your copy today or download it from here.

Camping is a great way to unwind.