Comments on: Flint Hills Nature Trail

By: Red

Red — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:50:01 +0000

I have been hearing a lot about this location lately. I live really close (Indianapolis Rd) and I want to check this trail out. I have heard that there are several caves around the trail, but not on the path. Also have heard about some possible Indian burial sites that are “off” the path. Does anyone know anything about any caves or burial sites near the trail? Who would I need to contact to get permission to look around?

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:52:21 +0000

Update…The trail has been completed to Ottawa with screenings and connects to the Prairie Spirit Trail. It is now possible to bike from Osawatomie to Iola completely off road. Volunteers are working to complete the section from Ottawa to Pamona.

By: Julie C

Julie C — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:01:13 +0000

Thanks for the report on the Flint Hills NT. I am always looking for updated info on this trail and I anxiously await its completion. There are simply not enough trails in the Flint Hills area.

By: Doug Walker

Doug Walker — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:50:23 +0000

As division superintendent from Osawatomie to Ottawa on the Flint Hills Nature Trail I want to add to above description. The trail is open from the western city limits of Osawatomie to Rantoul. Users can park on the trail right of way at road crossings. At Indianapolis road there is a bridge abutment which the county refuses to remove but there is a path along the side and bikes can be walked down one side and up the other. Near Rantoul there is a hay meadow which has no screenings but trail users can ride the .6 mile through the meadow on in to Rantoul. Parking is available in Rantoul by the Restaurant. Enjoy.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:04:11 +0000

Thomas Franks mentioned in What’s the Matter With Kansas that only in Kansas would something like a trail be the issue that it is, when elsewhere it would be seen (correctly) as something beneficial for society as a whole. Add to this the fact that Kansas has the least amount of public land of any state in the nation and you realize that these landowners are simply being fanatical about their “rights” and paranoid about the potential problems of having a trail run along side (or through) their property. I wonder if these same people fuss about the roads that run adjacent to their land, since those also provide access. At the end of the day, I think it’s clear that these small-minded people are simply too ignorant and mean-spirited to see the benefits that the Flint Hills Nature Trail will provide.