Planning a trip to both Hutchinson and Abilene Kansas in the next few weeks for the Salt Mine and Eisenhour museums. Looking for decent parks that will work for a 40' fifth wheel. We enjoy COE or State Parks but reviews for any of the ones that are close are outdated on rvparkreviews site.Private parks will work provided they are safe and decent. Any suggestions appreciated.

We have stayed at the covered wagon in Abilene... The sites up front have shade, but are cramped and mostly seasonal... The sites in the rear are where we stayed and while there is no shade the sites are more than ample size and offer good access for a large rig. If satellite reception is important the sites to the rear also work well. Power water and septic hooks ups all good in the back where we were...Did not feel a bit cramped.. Access was easy in and out...The campground is a very short walk to the Eisenhower museum, the Greyhound Hall of Fame museum.. as well as a couple of local restaurants. BTW expect to meet some Greyhounds at the museum.This is not a fancy place, but the folks that run it are cordial and professional. If our travels take us that way again we would stay at the Covered Wagon without any hesitance.JohnnyT

While in Hutch go to the space museum. A must see.

X2 on the museum, this is a world-class place sponsored by the Smithsonian I believe; allow several hours for your visit.

X3 on Kansas Cosmosphere, allow plenty of time . If yo like BBQ there is a small hole in the wall place called Roy's In Hutchinson, only open from 11:00 to 2:00 or when they run out of food.

There is a good place to eat in Abilene as well called the Brooksville Hotel. Not a hotel but a copy of the original restaurant from Brooksville Kansas that was a hotel. The guest book had a lot of famous people from the old west such as William Cody. While not a hotel they rebuilt the rooms as they were in the old building that you can tour. The original restaurant took up several buildings in Brooksville and had different rooms from the buildings they took over , such as the bank room. The new restaurant has recreated these rooms as well. Abilene has a old west town with a steam train south of the EIsenhower museum.

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RVcrazy
Explorer
Jul 13, 2015
Four Seasons RV park in Abilene was quite nice. We used it when visiting the Eisenhower Presidential museum. Excellent!
colliehauler
Explorer III
Jul 13, 2015
Tom Trostel wrote:
Colliehauler,
Thanks for the memories about the Brooksville Hotel. I'm a Air Force brat that lived in Salina, KS in 1962-63. The Brooksville was THE place to go for special occasions. Didn't know it still existed. Thanks again.
They had to build a new restaurant because the small town the original was in could no longer handle the sewage. They built a copy in Abilene. Some things have changed, they no longer serve homemade ice cream because of the raw eggs.
ozkamper
Explorer
Jul 13, 2015
I don't know why noboby from this part of Kansas has mentioned the new campground at Sand Hills State Park just north of Hutchinson.
Being new, it has no shade, but there are about fifty sites around a small pond and most sites are full hookups and it is a very peaceful campground, which will accommodate any size rv. It is less than 5 miles from the city limits of Hutchinson.
Sandhills State Park also has a beautiful trail system adjoining the campground.
colliehauler
Explorer III
Jul 13, 2015
ozkamper wrote:
I don't know why noboby from this part of Kansas has mentioned the new campground at Sand Hills State Park just north of Hutchinson.
Being new, it has no shade, but there are about fifty sites around a small pond and most sites are full hookups and it is a very peaceful campground, which will accommodate any size rv. It is less than 5 miles from the city limits of Hutchinson.
Sandhills State Park also has a beautiful trail system adjoining the campground.
I did not know about it. I have never camped close to home.
RGar974417
Explorer
Jul 14, 2015
When we visited Abeline,we stayed at Manhattan Kansas at a nice state park.I believe it was Tuttle Creek? The sites were very spread out.Some had full hookups.No problem for big rigs.Plenty of space.Behind the Eisenhower Home was the Museum of Telephany which we really enjoyed.If you decided to stay in the Manhattan area,other things we enjoyed were the Cavalry Museum at Ft Riley,The First Territorial capitol and the Pony Express Museum in Marysville.

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