Visitor Information:
- Great Bend Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development
1125 Williams
620-792-2401
www.greatbend.org
The Great Bend Chamber of Commerce is a service organization whose mission is to promote and improve the business climate in the city of Great Bend through its services and partnerships that encourage growth and assist existing and new businesses in reaching their business goals.
Community Attractions/ Entertainment:
- The Wetlands at Great Bend
2303 Main Street
620-792-1516
www.wetlandsatgb.com
The Wetlands at Great Bend offers water fun for everyone. Featuring 8 water slides, 39 spray features, a 10,000 square foot pool, and full service concessions, the Wetlands serves as a safe and fun environment for the whole family. Also available are private parties, group rates, and discount passes.
- Brit Spaugh Park & Zoo
24th & Main
620-793-4160
www.visitgreatbend.com/parks
Brit Spaugh Zoo is home to over 100 mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects. Visitors will have an opportunity to observe many species, ranging from lions and tigers to alligators and bears.
- Village Cinemas
4805 10th Street
620-792-5769
- Walnut Bowl & Mini Golf
3101 N. Washington
(620) 793-9400
Walnut Bowl and Mini Golf is a 24-lane bowling alley with automatic scoring, cosmic bowling on Friday and Saturday evenings, and an 18-hole mini golf course.
- Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Refuge
620-793-7730
www.cheyennebottoms.net
The refuge contains a 41,000-acre basin-like lowland where 19,587 acres of it are a wildlife management area that is operated by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and parks. It is considered the largest marsh in th einterior of the United States and has been designated a "Wetland of International Importance."
- The Club at StoneRidge & Golf Course
24th & Frey
(620) 792-4303
Opened in 1940, the 18-hole "Golden Belt" course at the The Club At StoneRidge facility features 6,383 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. The course rating is 71.6 and it has a slope rating of 125.
- Lake Barton Golf Course
673 N. Highway 281
(620) 653-4255
The 18-hole "Lake Barton" course at the Lake Barton Golf Course facility features 5,526 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 70. The course rating is 65.4 and it has a slope rating of 101 on.
- B-29 Memorial Plaza
Municipal Airport
620-792-9251
www.b29memorial.com
During WWII, Great Bend was a B-29 Bomber training base. This memorial is a reminder to tomorrow's generation of the sacrifices made to keep the United States secure.
- Barton County Arts Center
1401 Main Street
620-792-4221
www.bartonarts.org
The center hosts regional art exhibits, consignment galleries, concerets, cinema forums, poetry, workshops and special events.
- Barton County Historical Village & Museum
85 S. Hwy 281
620-793-5125
www.bartoncountymuseum.org
The historical village contains nine buildings, including an 1871 Pioneer brick home, 1908 church, 1910 train depot, 1915 school house, a small post office, two museum buildings and an agricultural building. The museum also displays a variety of exhibits of subjects like the Santa Fe Trail, Indian Artificats, Kansas anthropology panoramas, antique quilts, and much more.
- Crest Theatre
1905 Lakin Avenue
620-792-4228
The Crest Theatre host four community theatre productions a year and a wide variety of other events, including musical concerts, touring theatre, dance, lectures, and seminars.
- Dozier Vineyard & Winery, LLC
323 SE 80th Avenue in Ellinwood, KS
620-564-0195
www.dozier-winery.com
This beautiful location offers wine tasting, tours and walking trails. Visitors can enjoy a picnic or a relaxing stroll through the wooded areas adjacent to the winery.
- Ellinwood's Underground World
Dick Building, Ellinwood Museum in Ellinwood, KS
620-564-2400
Since 1981, the city's underground tunnels have become a major attraction. In years past, one could get a haircut and bath and then travel via the tunnels beneath Main Street to the underground saloon and hotel across the street.
- Fort Larned National Historic Site
6 miles west of town on K-156, Fort Larned
620-285-6911
www.nps.gov/fols
Fort Larned was established in 1859 as a base of military operations against hostile Indians of the Central Plains to protect traffic along the Santa Fe Trail. With nine restored buildings, it survives as one of the best examples of a fort during the Indian Wars.
- Holiday Trail of Lights
Great Bend
620-792-2750
www.visitgreatbend.com/trailoflights
Every year, visitors from all over the Midwest hit the trail to Great Bend, which is among the best in the nation. The Trail starts at Brit Spaugh Park's Wild lights, then continues to the "Twelve Days of Christmas" at Veteran's Park and a lighted nativity at 10th and K-96 Hwy an finishes up on Main Street with Lafayette Lights downtown.
- Kansas Oil & Gas Hall of Fame and Museum
5944 W 10th Street
620-793-8301
http://www.visitgreatbend.com/aviaoil.htm
The museum displays various phases of the oil and gas industry, including geology, drilling, well completion, production, refining, and products manufactured with oil. This building also houses the Hall of Fame that contains biographis and pictures of inductees.
- LaSada Sporting Clays and Hunting Service
3721 183rd Street in Russel, Kansas
785-483-3758
www.lasada.com
LaSada offers the finest in clay target shooting and upland bird hunting. LaSada has a Championship 40 State Fully Automated Sporting Clays Course, as well as a 5-stand sporting, and trapshooting. LaSada offers Upland bird hunts for pheasants and quail.
- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
6 miles north &6 miles east of town
620-486-2393
www.fws.gov/quivira
Located on 6,000 acres of managed wetlands and marshes, the refuge features Little Salt Marsh and Big Salt Marsh ancient basins. Quivira National Wildlife Refuge offers opportunities for wildlife observation and photography, environmental education and interpretation, hunting and fishing. Additionally bobcats, coyotes, and other mammals are often seen lurking about during the heat of the afternoon.
- Santa Fe Trail Center Museum
1349 K-156 in Larned, KS
620-285-2054
www.santafetrailcenter.org
The museum features an extensive trail history, including exhibits of area Native American tribes.
- Shafer Art Gallery
Barton County Community College Campus Fine Arts Building
620-792-9342
www.bartonccc.edu/gallery
The Shafer Art Gallery houses a collection of intricate Western-theme bronze sculptures by internationally prominent artist Gus Shafer who grew up near Great Bend. The Gallery contains 7,900 square feet for exhibits displaying a permanent collection of more than 600 works along with various other traveling exhibits indluding some from the Smithsonian.
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