Kansas Journals

11-30-2010

 

NEWS ALERTS

VOLUME #33: NOVEMBER ‘10

 

 

Once a month, the Kansas Travel & Tourism Division distributes this brief newsletter, providing tourism updates from throughout the state of Kansas.  Highlights include a title, brief descriptor and a link for more details.   Not all highlights will be of interest to everyone.  They are simply intended to entice new story ideas in the areas of agritouris! m, outdoor, culinary, cultural, history, heritage and more.

 

Old-Fashioned Holiday Festivities Warm-Up Kansas in the Winter:  Take a trolley tour of holiday lights in McPherson, visit Santa on the Train in Abilene, enjoy a production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, or amaze in one million holiday lights during Topeka’s 2-mile scenic “Winter Wonderland” drive at Lake Shawnee.  Kansas celebrates the magic of lights, warmth, and holiday entertainment throughout December!  Go to www.TravelKS.com to explore holiday happenings throughout the state. 

 

State Agencies Offer Helpful Technology:  Kansas travelers can now access a mobile version of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT's) travel website, KanDrive (www.kandrive.org), on their smart phones.  In addition, a camera network of real time views of road conditions is now set up around the state.  In addition, hunters can now visit the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) website to find the locations of KDWP Walk-In Hunting Access (WIHA) properties through Garmin GPS and Google Earth files.  For all the details, click KDWP Info/Locations/Hunting & Fishing Maps by County/2010 Fall Hunting Atlas/GPS Information & Files.

 

Ground Has Been Broken for New Visitor Center in Central Kansas:  Ground has been broken for a new visitor center at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Cottonwood Falls.  Construction is scheduled to start in the spring.  The $6 million cost of the new facility is split between the state and the National Park Service.  The preserve is open to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week and offers 41 miles of trails through some of Kansas’s most beautiful country.  The new visitor center will complement the historic Spring Hill Ranch, already located on the preserve.  For more information visit www.nps.gov/archive/tapr/home.htm.   

 

Site for 2011 Symphony in the Flint Hills Announced:  Next year’s Symphony in the Flint Hills will be held on Saturday, June 11 on a beautiful site in Wabaunsee county between Alta Vista and Alma, located off Mill Creek Scenic Drive.  The site, known as the Fix Pasture, is owned by Keith Schultz.  The symphony combines the splendor and expanse of the tallgrass prairie with a full symphonic production by the Kansas City Symphony.  Visit www.symphonyintheflinthills.org/ for more information. 

 

For more information on the entire state of Kansas, visit www.TravelKS.com.

 

 

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