Explore the best rated trails in Claflin, KS, whether you're looking for an easy walking trail or a bike trail like the Great Bend Levee Trail and Jim P. Martinez Sunflower Trail . With more than 5 trails covering 32 miles you're bound to find a perfect trail for you. Click on any trail below to find trail descriptions, trail maps, photos, and reviews.
I’m not sure why there are negative remarks regarding this trail. From the Rice Park end all the way around the Carey Park Loop and back to the Rice Park beginning, it is 11.5 miles of various scenery. I love the diversity of feeling like I am in rural, city, residential areas all in the same trail. Little Cow Creek is beautiful to me, and the Carey Park area is as well. It’s peaceful and serene. Lots of places to pull off and snap photos of flowers, trees, wildlife, and water. A zoo and golf course are also passed. There are plenty of picnic tables, bathrooms, and garbage cans along the route as well. The path is paved, fully, and is slightly rough in a few spots but nothing to complain about really. I can tell that the City of Hutchinson mows regularly and keeps the garbage emptied very regularly. I find it to bean outstanding gift to that community. .
I rode this trail in May 2025. There were many cracks on the trail with weeds growing in them. I know cracks are needed in cement for expanding and contracting, so it is what it is. I appreciate any trail and those who made them and maintain them. A section of the trail is crushed limestone. The trail goes through some open areas and along the industrial part of town. Not that close to it, since the trail is on a levee. I had used the parking lot, so I did not explore where the short spurs into town went. I'm not sure I ever saw the Arkansas River due to foliage on the trees and it might have been just" a trickle" as the write-up mentioned. A port-a pot of some kind would have been nice in the parking lot. The write-up says 7 miles, but I only got to 6 from the parking lot to the east endpoint. Beyond what looked like the end and what matched the red line on TrailLink, was a barely used and visible trail in the grass on top of the levee. I thought it might be for maintenance of the levee, so I didn't go on it.
Trail is closed at rainbow road going south from Lindborg
Good natural surface with some overgrowth attempting to encroach on the trail. We didn’t ride full length, started at connection with Valkommen trail in Lindsborg. Would be worth riding more, time permitting. Would be nice one trail completed.
Nicely done trail with lots of information signs along the trail telling the history of the town and the Swedish folks that settled in the area. Paved and wide trail. South end has a connection to the Meadowlark trail for a more countryside ride. Recommend this trail when in the area. A number of other riders/walkers encountered on the trail, all with a friendly wave and Hi!
This is a nice, short trail. We walk our dog on it almost daily. Flat terrain, both woods and open fields. The trail also connects to the disc golf course in Marquette.
I started in LIndsborg and biked all the way to the southern endpoint north of McPherson and then back again. A good way to see Kansas farmland from another perspective. You do have to do a jog leaving the trail at Shawnee, going east on paved roads to old 81 and then back over west on to Pawnee, again paved roads. There is an unfinished center portion. At Pawnee, you can see that work is being done on the trail heading north. Encountered volunteers maintaining the trail. This is a trail in evolution. Some benches/rest spots at the extreme north and south ends. An under-appreciated Central Kansas gem.
I rode the McPherson side today and with all the rain the region has had, the trail is still in fairly good condition. There are some soft spots in areas but most of al it’s a good ride.
Felt like riding a cobblestone road. I have great shocks on my mountain bike too.
Wish they would take care of the bike trail. The expansion strips are too large of a gap. My husbands spokes on his wheels broke off, because of how bumpy it is! He had to replace his wheels which are not cheap. And his bike was brand new!! I love the trail, I just wish they would fix the gaps, so we do not ruin our bikes. Will not ride, until they are fixed. We drive to Wichita to ride on the trails there.
On September 15, 2016 I rode both parts of the trail from Lindsborg south and from McPherson north on a Cyclocross bike and found the trial in great shape especially on the Lindsborg side. The ride from the Lindsborg trail head is a beautiful one with lots of shade and from McPherson a wonderful ride through mostly farm land with lots of sunflowers along the trail. There is some crop waste on much of the trial on the McPherson side but nothing that caused any problems to ride or walk through. While it is a shame there is a 5 mile piece missing in the middle of the trail it is a short jog from the trail ends to old US 81 highway so a nice 12.5 mile ride one way is still available.
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