Konza Prarie Biological Station

Very cool! Amazingly beautiful and well marked signs! It only takes about 10 mins to get here from Manhattan and well worth it! The drive to get here is very pretty along the Kansas river. The hike is more of a nature walk and is about a 2 of 10 on difficulty. There are 2 very neat bridges near the beginning and the signs are well placed and give you the option of making this walk a distance of 2.5÷4.4÷6.0 depending on what path you decide to take! We opted for the 4.4 miles and loved it!

Hiking this good in Kansas? Who knew? I’m sorry it took me so long to get here but now that I’ve visited I shall return.
I spent a marvelous couple of hours hiking the 6 mile trail here yesterday (the Godwin trail) that changes from meadow and dry/​wet creek crossings to steep hills and finally the tops of the magnificent bluffs and hills that dominate the reserve. And what fine hiking it is. The trails are a bit wide for my tastes but they’re covered with gravel and also serve as access for the research going on here. It’s obvious there’s a lot of it (research). I can adapt. This isn’t Colorado and we’re not at 6,000 feet.
Take along one of the flyers from the parking lot as it describes a lot of things you’d otherwise miss along the trail and these items are clearly noted with small signs along the way.
Be warned: if you’re doing the long trail like I did and it’s mid 80s you might want to take a bottle of water and some sun screen and a hat for sure (I did). The lack of shade and high winds that sometimes come (as did on my hike) will suck the moisture right out of you and you’ll be glad you did.
I’m really impressed with what’s been built here. The Kanza tall grass prairie is one of nature’s true wonders and the fact that Kansas State University has built this great trail (three at least) with a lot of information to soak up as you hike is a home run for this experienced hiker. One of the more unique hikes I’ve taken and worth the effort to get here.
Access: entrance is clearly marked from the McDowell Creek highway guessing about 5 – 7 miles south south of the I-​70 exit of the same name.