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Hutchinson/Reno
County offers many parks and playgrounds as well as a
wide variety of other recreational facilities including
fitness centers, ball fields and swimming pools. Visit
the Visitor's
Information section for additional information on
Arts and Theater
and Attractions
& Museums.
Movie Theaters
In addition to first-run motion pictures at movie theaters
in the Hutchinson Mall, Hutchinson's
Historic Fox Theatre and the Pretty
Prairie Civic Theater periodically show movie classics.
The Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center offers an IMAX Theatre.
Parks
Avenue A Park
Main and Avenue A, Downtown Hutchinson
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Recently renovated in downtown
Hutchinson, the park offers a water park (open during
the summer months, no charge), a bandstand and a
walking path along Cow Creek. |
Carey Park - (620) 694-2698 (Golf Course) - 662-7705
(Salt City Splash)
South end of Main Street, Hutchinson
| Visitors are welcomed to Carey Park by the Emerson
Carey memorial fountain, lighted at night during
summer months. Visitors stroll along the lighted
pathways and bridges to ponds and waterfalls while
viewing the many types of waterfowl that call Carey
Park home. Several areas of playground equipment
are available. |
The park is home to Salt
City Splash Aquatic Center, Carey
Park Golf Course, Hutchinson
Zoo, and Hobart-Detter
Field. Areas to play soccer, sand volleyball,
basketball and Frisbee golf along with plenty of
fishing are also available. |
Cheney State Park - (316) 542-3664
12 miles south of Hutchinson
Picturesque, 9,500-acre Cheney Reservoir is a state
park, wildlife area offering family recreation,
and one of the finest sailing lakes in the U.S.
due to the brisk prevailing winds that provide ideal
sailing conditions. The Ninnescah Yacht Club sponsors
area-wide regattas and club races and several national
sailing regattas are held here, including national
championships.
There's excellent fishing for crappie, channel catfish,
bass, white bass, stripers and walleye. Two fishing
complexes, with fishing pier, brushpile fish attractors
for crappie, and a fish feeder attractor for channel
catfish, have been developed to enhance the sport.
The 5,250-acre wildlife area is known for good hunting
and wildlife watching. Pheasant, quail, rabbit,
waterfowl, dove, deer, turkey, raccoon, red fox,
beaver and bobcat are common. Ducks, geese and shorebirds
inhabit the waterfowl refuge.
The park has two nature trails. Park facilities
include 185 modern utility campsites, 300 modern
non-utility campsites, 22 boat launching lanes and
a marina. |
Dillon
Nature Center - (620) 663-7411
3002 East 30th, Hutchinson
Operated by the Hutchinson Recreation Commission,
Dillon Nature Center, located in the northeast corner
of Hutchinson, is a designated National Urban Wildlife
Sanctuary and was designed to help visitors better
understand, respect and appreciate the natural world.
The 100-acre site offers woods, prairie, marsh and
ponds that attract hundreds of wildlife species.
Trees, shrubs, vines, wild flowers and native grasses
create a wild arboretum. There are three miles of
trails, a fishing pond, picnic areas and gardens.
The visitor center has a solarium, natural science
lab, Great Plains ecology displays and exhibits
of small wildlife of central Kansas. Admission to
the grounds and visitor center is free. Various
programs such as owl prowls, canoeing and wildflower
hikes are offered throughout the year for a nominal
fee. |
 Jim
P. Martinez Sunflower Trail
Carey Park to Rice Park, Hutchinson
This multi-purpose trail winds its way from Carey
Park in the south central part of Hutchinson to
Rice Park on the northwest side. Walkers, joggers,
skaters, bicyclists and skateboarders enjoy the
3.5-mile asphalt path set along Cow Creek. The trail
offers a bit of country in the middle of the city.
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Sand Hills State Park - (316) 542-3664
East of K-61 on 56th & 69th Streets, North of Hutchinson
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a quiet, tranquil visit with nature, this 1,123-acre
natural area provides a panorama of sand dunes,
prairie, woodlands and wetlands and offers hiking,
nature and horse trails.
The natural setting is ideal for watching colorful
Kansas sunrises and sunsets. Archery and upland
game hunting is allowed by special permit. |
Sports
Facilities
Hutchinson/Reno County offers outstanding sporting facilities
including the Hutchinson Sports Arena and the Salt Hawk
Activity Center at Hutchinson High School. Fun Valley
Sports Complex and Hobart-Detter Field are immaculate
ball diamonds.
Fun
Valley Sports Complex - (620) 669-9999
4401 West 4th, Hutchinson
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Nicknamed "America's tournament headquarters," Fun
Valley has been named Softball Complex of the Year
by both U.S. Specialty Sports Association (USSSA)
and Softball Owners and Directors of America and
hosts more national events than any other baseball/softball
facility in the country. Fun Valley has seven natural
turf fields spread across 35 acres. During peak
season, the complex employs 200 people to take care
of the teams, keep tournaments running smoothly,
and maintain playing conditions at the immaculate
level for which it is known. |
Hobart-Detter
Field - (620) 669-9999 - Carey Park
| Under the same leadership as Fun Valley, Hobart-Detter
is a former minor league and semi-pro baseball park
that was recently extensively renovated. It is now
considered Kansas' premier natural turf field. It
is the home field for Hutchinson Community College
and Hutchinson High School and the site of several
baseball tournaments each summer. |
Hutchinson Sports Arena (HSA) - (620) 665-3590
11th Avenue, Hutchinson
HSA is home of the Hutchinson
Community College Blue Dragons and the National
Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
Men's Basketball Tournament which first came to
Hutchinson in 1949. Every March, 16 of the country's
top junior college teams gather at HSA to determine
the NJCAA national championship.
The facility is used throughout the year for other
sporting events, including wrestling and volleyball
and as a lecture hall for community events. |
Salt Hawk Activity Center
Hutchinson High School
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This recently built, multi-use facility provides
functional space for a wide variety of events and
is the home court for the Hutchinson
High School Salt Hawks. |
Golf
Five golf courses are available in the area - four
public courses (Carey Park, Cottonwood Hills, The Links at Pretty
Prairie and Paradise Pastures) and two private courses
(The Highlands and Prairie Dunes). For course details,
link here. |
Swimming
Facilities include the Buhler Swimming Pool, Turon Swimming
Pool, Salt
City Splash Aquatic Center and year-round indoor
pools at the Hutchinson
Family YMCA and at Grand Prairie Hotel & Convention Center Splashdown Waterpark.
Tennis
Courts are available at Elmdale Park (East Avenue E &
Plum); Fairgrounds Park (23rd & Plum); Rice Park, (Swarens
& Dover); Shadduck Park (West 2nd & Van Buren); Hutchinson
Community College and Hutchinson High School.
Zoos
Hutchinson/Reno County is home to two "zoos" - the Hutchinson
Zoo and Hedrick's
Exotic Animal Farm.
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