Elk City Lake Trail

Hike Name: Elk City Lake Trail Location: southeast KS Length: 15 Submitted by: Nate Thames Date Submitted: 0/0/00 Rating:	more Kansas trail reviews Kansas national parks Kansas state parks
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Description
This is one of the nicest hikes in Kansas that I have found. It is a moderately strenuous hike, I broke it up into 2 days of hiking and enjoyed it thoroughly. This hike takes you around giant limestone formations and through shady oak forests. The trail mainly winds around Elk City lake's many coves and offers plentiful senic outlooks. I camped at about the 5 mile mark and found plenty of solitude. I passed up the main camp, however because their is dirt road access and it shows. It is the least beautiful part of the trail, with car campers a-plenty. Besides that part the whole trail is really only frequented by backpackers who on the whole keep the trail looking nicely. Overall it is a great trail for a quick backpacking trip on the weekend.

Directions to Hike
From Wichita, Kansas take highway 54 east to highway 77 take highway 77 south to highway 160. Take highway 160 east to Elk city, from there follow the signs to Elk City Lake. Their you will find signs to the trailhead.

Contact Information
You can try to contact the local BLM in Elk City for info, but I heard about it from a frien and got instructions from him.

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