Chapter 1. Introduction. History -- Geology and Geography -- Flora and Fauna -- Climate and Weather -- Know Before You Go: Advice and Precautions -- Costs -- Camping Information -- Contacts and Resources -- How to Use This Guide -- Top Trails -- Chapter 2. Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Ernie Miller Park and Nature Center -- Kill Creek Park -- Olathe Prairie Center -- Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens -- Shawnee Mission Park -- Wyandotte County Lake Park -- Chapter 3. Northeast Kansas. Baker University Wetlands Research and Natural Area -- Banner Creek Reservoir -- Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park -- Blue River Rail Trail-Marysville -- Camp Alexander-Emporia -- Clinton Lake -- Clinton State Park -- Green Memorial Wildlife Area -- Hillsdale Lake -- Kaw River State Park -- La Cygne Lake-Linn County Park -- Lawrence River Trails -- MacLennan Park -- Melvern Lake-Eisenhower State Park -- Melvern Lake-Outlet Park -- Oregon Trail Nature Park -- Perry Lake -- Pomona Lake -- Prairie Park Nature Center -- University of Kansas Field Station -- Chapter 4. Southeast Kansas. Big Hill Lake -- Cross Timbers State Park -- Elk City State Park -- Fall River State Park -- Gunn Park-Fort Scott -- Tolen Creek Park -- Chapter 5. North-Central Kansas. Allegawaho Memorial Heritage Park -- Coronado Heights -- Kanopolis State Park -- Konza Prairie Lakewood Park-Salina -- Manhattan River Trails -- Milford State Park -- Tuttle Creek State Park -- Wilson Lake -- Wilson State Park -- Chapter 6. South-Central Kansas. Air Capital Memorial Park -- Camp Horizon-Arkansas City -- Chapin Park -- Chaplin Nature Center -- Cheney Reservoir -- Chisholm Creek Park -- Dillon Nature Center -- El Dorado State Park -- Harvey County West Park -- Lake Barton-Great Bend -- Maxwell Wildlife Refuge-McPherson State Fishing Lake -- Meadowlark Trail-McPherson/Lindsborg -- Miller's Meadow-Wichita -- Pawnee Prairie Park -- Prairie Sunset Trail -- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge -- Sand Creek Trail-Bethel College -- Sand Hills State Park -- Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve -- Chapter 7. Northwest Kansas. Cedar Bluff State Park -- Prairie Dog State Park -- Smoky Valley Ranch -- Sternberg Museum of Natural History -- Webster State Park -- Chapter 8. Southwest Kansas. Arkalon Park -- Barber State Fishing Lake -- Cimarron National Grassland -- Frazier Park -- Lake Scott State Park -- Chapter 9. Long-Distance Rail Trails. Flint Hills Nature Trail -- Landon Nature Trail -- Prairie Spirit Trail -- Southwind Rail Trail.