Location: Atchison
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The 7 Best Free Things to do in Atchison, Kansas (KS)
Atchison is a city and county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, and situated along the Missouri River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,021. The city is named in honor of David Rice Atchison, United States senator from Missouri, and was the original eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Atchison was the birthplace of aviator Amelia Earhart, and the Amelia Earhart Festival is held annually in July. Atchison is also home of Benedictine College, a Catholic liberal-arts college.
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1. International Forest of Friendship
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4.5 based on 30 reviews
The Forest is a 5 acre park honoring more than 1500 people who have contributed to the field of aviation. Winding through the Forest is a wheelchair accessible pathway where visitors can see plaques naming those individuals inducted into the Forest and enjoy trees from all 50 US states and more than 35 countries around the world where the honorees reside. The Forest provides a peaceful natural setting for a stroll and an opportunity to enjoy the unique contributions to aviation and aerospace history made by the honorees.
2. Muchnic Art Gallery
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4.5 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By Footprints207728 - Wichita, United States
Love the wood floors made by hand. Wished we could have seen the spiral staircase but, since someone lives on the other side, I guess this was not possible Bummer!!
3. Riverfront and Independence Parks
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4.5 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By Tosha4jhawks - Fairway, United States
Made a quick trip to town to visit family, bringing along a couple of kiddos who hadn’t yet visited Atchison. I took them down to see the River and this area of town looks great! The lookouts over the river and informative stops are very nice and well-maintained. We stumbled onto the splash pad, which I didn’t even know was there, and the kids (both 9) had a blast. They love any sort of water play and didn’t even care that they weren’t in their bathing suits on this scorching hot day! I’m sure that many will take advantage of this during the upcoming Amelia Earhart Festival! A couple of the spouts weren’t spraying, so hopefully someone from public works can get all of them going soon for the rest of this super hot Kansas summer.
4. Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge
5. Nell Hill's
6. Atchison Rail Museum
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4.0 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By ttowntriper - Topeka, United States
Bought tickets here for a ghost tour and saw a lot of cool old items retaliated to the famous Atchison , Topeka And Sante Fe
7. Amelia Earhart Earthwork
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