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Cheney State Park is a state park of Kansas in the United States. Completed in 1964, the park is located in Kingman and Reno counties in Kansas , 5 miles north of Cheney and 20 miles west of Wichita .
Kansas Highway 251, which runs north-south, connects the reservoir to U.S. Route 54 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south and the community of Cheney 5.5 miles (8.9 km) to the south. Below the dam, the highway becomes a paved county road and turns northeast, running parallel to the dam then finally turning east. 21st Street North, another paved county ...
Planning your trip to Cheney Lake. Fees to visit Kansas state parks vary. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ website, the daily vehicle fee to visit any state park is $5 ...
Tuttle Creek Dam and Lake Wilson Dam and Lake Birds on one of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge's salt marshes. Lake Inman is the largest natural lake in Kansas. The shorelines of Kansas Lakes are mostly in government ownership and open to the public for hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking. Large areas of public land surround most of the lakes.
The North Fork Ninnescah River originates in south-central Kansas in the Arkansas River Lowlands. [3] Its source lies in extreme south-central Stafford County approximately 11.5 miles (18.5 km) south of St. John, Kansas. [2] [4] From there, it flows generally northeast before turning to the southeast near Plevna, Kansas.
Cheney was founded in August, 1883 and was named after Benjamin P. Cheney, a stockholder in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. [4] [5] Cheney served as a station and shipping point on the Wichita & Pratt division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. [6] The first post office in Cheney was established in September 1883. [7]
Lake Shawnee is a man-made lake in Shawnee County in the U.S. state of Kansas, [1] located on the southeastern side of Topeka. The lake started construction in 1935, and finished on September 3, 1939, and was a part of a Works Progress Administration project. [ 2 ]
Waconda Lake, also known as Glen Elder Reservoir, is a reservoir in Mitchell County and Osborne County, Kansas, United States. [1] [5] Built and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for flood control and irrigation, it is also used for recreation. Glen Elder State Park is located on its north shore. [6]