Description
The Prairie Sunset Trail is located west of Wichita and runs between S. 295th Street in Garden Plain and S. 167th Street W. in the outskirts of Wichita. The trail is arrow-straight, occupying a portion of the old rail bed that once carried the Cannonball Stage Line. The trail passes through a mostly open corridor, in places wooded, traveling through farmland and by ponds and creeks.
Parking and Trail Access
In Goddard, there's a small parking lot near the trail along W. Santa Fe Street near N. Main St. There is no parking near the western or eastern termini.
Prairie sunset shines
By
ksstathead
in
June, 2011
Rode entire trail today. Nice change from city traffic. Cross a road each mile but most are gravel and lightly travelled. None are heavily travelled. Only used 2 gears to handle gentle grades.
No parking at 167th (eastern end), so parked at 199th in ...
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April 22, 2011 Hike
By
1a2b3c4d
in
April, 2011
I walked this trail from Garden Plain to the Eastern terminus. I echo the reviews of the previous 2 reviewers. I would add that Kansas is not flat(although the trail is level all the way) the trail is down in an old railroad cut part of the way and above ...
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Nature at its finest
By
jcpacres
in
October, 2010
Rode most of this trail today starting in Garden Plain. The surface is really nice, which was unexpected. It is mainly small crushed rock, but quite firm. There were some neat bridges to cross and a small tunnel to go through. The topography was interesting ...
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