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Abilene Tourism Advocate
February 25, 2021
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2020 Best Historic Small Town - USA Today
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5 Star Parks and Recreation in Abilene, Kansas |
Abilene is home to a variety of parks and recreation opportunities. From taking a walk through the beautiful Eisenhower Park and Rose Garden to enjoying a game of Sand Volleyball, Abilene's Parks and Recreation Department provides recreation opportunities for visitors and residents of all ages.
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Abilene, Kansas - Queen of the Cowtowns |
Located on the Smoky Hill River’s north bank, about 95 miles west of Topeka, Kansas, Abilene is the county seat and largest city of Dickinson County. Though best known as the Queen of Kansas Cowtowns, Abilene already existed for a decade before the cattle came to town.
First settled in 1858, it was named by Timothy and Eliza Hersey from a passage in the Bible, meaning “city of the plains.” The first terminus of and later a station on the Butterfield Overland Stage Line, the Hersey’s secured a contract with the company to feed the passengers and employees. The establishment, consisting of two log houses, a log stable, and corral for horses, advertised to the westbound traveler: “the last square meal east of Denver.”
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5 Antique Stores You Absolutely Must See! |
Abilene Antique Fest is Saturday, May 8, 2021, but you don't have to wait until May to shop for antiques in Abilene. These five stores are open year-round and shoppers never know what they will find!
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Meadowlark Swap Meet
This swap meet is for demonstrators. Anything that you would see at a prairie home and or historic agriculture show is allowed. This includes cookstoves, treadle sewing machines, tractors, stationary engines, farm equipment, blacksmithing and woodworking tools, antique automobiles, historical clothing, and literature.
This includes cookstove, treadle sewing machines, tractors, stationary engine and farm equipment, blacksmithing, woodworking, antique automobiles, historical clothing, and literature. If you are interested in vending please visit our web page for a registration form or contact the historical society.
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Eisenhower Marathon
Runners at the Eisenhower Marathon and Half Marathon wind through the territory south of Abilene that cattlemen followed when bringing their herds to Abilene on the Chisholm Trail in the 1800s.
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Abilene Antique Fest
Shop more than 100 vendors, 4 antique malls, and booths lining the streets of downtown Abilene. New vendors welcome!
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Great Plains Theatre presents: Godspell
This classy musical turned movie from 1973 will be revived again in Kansas to share the teachings of Jesus as told by his followers. Oh, bless the Lord, my soul!
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Enjoy Family Fun and Learning |
Whether you're four or 104, Abilene has something for you to enjoy and learn! |
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A five-star community that embraces the arts, Abilene offers many unique attractions for art lovers. |
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Explore President Eisenhower's Life and Legacy |
Visit all things Ike on this special tour! |
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Abilene is the hometown of entrepreneurial and world leaders.
Learn about their lives and legacies at these fun attractions!
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Ride the rails on a 100-year-old steam engine (the only operating steam locomotive in Kansas!), enjoy an open-air car or dine aboard a dinner train with the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad! |
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Named #1 True Western Town of the Year, visit Abilene, Kansas and experience its wild and wooly side!
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Old Abilene Town Chisholm Trail Museum
Historic Abilene Inc. (Old Abilene Town): educates and preserves the rich history of the old west, by bringing the pages of the infamous old cowtown and the Chisholm Trail to life through reenactments, gunfights, cancan dancers, artisans, and entertainment.
A Chisholm trail exhibit has been given to Historic Abilene Inc. and we have the building to house it but because of lack of previous funding, the building is in need of a complete overhaul.
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201 NW Second St.
Abilene, Kansas 67410
785-263-2231
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Office Hours:
Monday - Friday:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday : Closed
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