Best Things to Do in Wichita, KS

Back in the day Old Town was a funky industrial type area. The warehouses daily trucked out supplies to local restaurants, cafes, and more. Today the warehouses are restaurants, entertainment and more.

[@mayaninsimon599]

Nice video, thanks for the information.

[@OnViewCation]

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[@kevinstreeter6943]

Another popular place is "Chisolm Creek Park". It is a city park with deer, waterfowl, other wildlife and hiking trails. It is free. "The Great Plains Nature Center" is there also.

[@RogerHolder-df4dq]

Good job on the tour

[@giftbyliz8702]

awesome!

If you’re looking for a place to hang, then it’s the Coffeehouse located at 1144 Bitting St., at corner of Bitting St. and W. 11th Street. Located near Riverside Park it has a great vibe. The area and this corner in particular has been socially active for decades. Checkout it out.

Visit the Davis building on the campus of Friends University. The building dates back to 1886 and was originally named Garfield University after President Garfield. The campus has a wonderful history.

[@firefly9838]

Truly one of the towns of all time.

Visit the old Wichita City Hall located at 204 S. Main St. There the building housed city council and Wichita police department until the early ‘70s. Wyatt Earp served there back in the day. Adjacent to the old city hall is a Carnegie Library building that served as the city’s library. I checked out book back in the ‘50s as a kid.

[@haleymichelle316]

Tanganyika Wildlife Reserve is not actually in Wichita, KS. It's in Goddard, KS.

[@purplesprigs]

And the New York Giants do not play in New York. Your point?

[@stephendanger1419]

Seems relaxing there

[@OnViewCation]

It is! When are you planning to go to Wichita?

[@Livingtabitha]

I'm more interested in what people can do that is free and are outdoors. Like hiking and spending time in nature in and around Wichita preferably under an hour away.

[@kevinstreeter6943]

"Chisolm Creek Park" has hiking trails and deer. It is free and in the city.

[@Arhiva_Snimaka]

Nice to see and hear what's life looks like in this part of US. Thanks for video. Best wishes from Serbia/Europe.

[@OnViewCation]

Thanks for watching! We're glad to know that you love our video. How are things there in Serbia?

[@Arhiva_Snimaka]

@@OnViewCation Hi there 👋Life in Serbia/Europe has it's pros and cons... For example pros we have are much better public transportation, better health insurance, almost no one has a gun, crimes are different (they are non violent), there are no gangs... On the other hand you have much better hiking trails in US (PCT, CDT, AZT)... there are no such things in Europe (at least not on that scale). Much lower gas prices in US...

I’m a native of Wichita. The name of the river is pronounced, by Wichita natives, as “r-kansas” rather than Arkansas as in the state. That’s how we tell who are the visitors.

[@donnamahan3760]

Love Wichita / cool places to see ; un rushed . 👌

[@bhunter3850]

Kind of sucks that the Coleman museum closed down..

[@AndrewJ0hnson-yp8lv]

I live here in Wichita Kansas and I wanted to know what kind of things I could do here but my problem is money.

[@garfle1959]

It's pronounced ARE Kansas River in Kansas

[@cunninghamcreative]

The Keeper of the Plains is not holding a peace pipe. His hands are a gesture worships earth, sky, and water. At least that is one story told about the statute in the early days of its existance.

Note the video didn’t show the Keeper up close. Holding a peace pipe is a hug error.

[@zhendawes8802]

Actually....No one in Kansas pronounces the name of the river Arkansaw.... It's pronounced.... Ar... KANSAS! 🌻

[@someplumber]

I can confirm it is pronounced ar-kansas in Wichita

[@billsmith778]

Not true, only people around Wichita and Sedgwick County do that. Spent too much time out in western Kansas to know better.

[@bigt1877]

Exactly. Except when talking about the state then we say “Arkansaw”

[@zhendawes8802]

@@billsmith778 Well Bill, I am a native Kansan that, sadly has not spent much time out in western Kansas...so I will have concede, and amend my statement to.... No Kansan I have ever met pronounces it any other way than Ar- Kansas. 🕊️❤️🌻

[@billsmith778]

@@zhendawes8802 lol. Yeah that took some getting used to, and the funny part is, now that I've done it, I find myself continuing to do it.

[@Comeoffitman]

Does Dorothey have good mountain and ocean?

[@billsmith778]

Negative Ghost Rider, but they do have a giant man made hole in the ground, an 800lb statue of a ground hog, four state owned casinos, KS speedway and the "scenic rolling hills" which is really nothing but some wide open (like the rest of the state) small hills you drive through on your way to KC, Mo. or Denver on the interstate.

[@TRXFRMR41-th7vd]

It is pronounced Ar Kansas river not Arkansaw!!!!!!

[@billsmith778]

If you're under 21 there are two things to do, drink illegally and watch the wheat grow. If you're over 21 there are two things to do, drink legally and watch the wheat grow.

[@survivethis7774]

I wanna go !

[@OnViewCation]

Please do! Be safe and have a great 2023 ❣

[@vernonsheldon-witter1225]

Leave.

[@OnViewCation]

May we ask why?