Cheap Vacation Tourist Activities in Hutchinson, Kansas

Hutchinson, Kansas is one of the best hidden cheap vacation tourist activity secrets. Who would guess that nestled in the mid south of the wheat state is a vacation tourist activities Mecca? Hutchinson - better known as "Hutch" to locals is about 45 minutes northwest of Wichita and 45 minutes southwest of Salina. Both of these towns also have cheap vacation and tourist activities and good state and national highways close to them. Hutchinson may be a small town (population around 40,000) but it has big vacation tourist activities.

Plan your vacation visit to be in Hutch on the third Thursday of the month so you can take part in their Third Thursday of the Month activities. These tourist activities take place in downtown Hutchinson from 5:00 to 9:00 pm and feature a variety of different live music venues (outside in good weather - inside in bad weather). There are also art and crafts on display as well as late night shopping in Hutchinson downtown store and shops.

Hutchinson has a beautiful community park called Carey Park which provides a full-day or more worth of cheap to free vacation activities such as: fishing, golf, a free skate park, a free zoo, picnicking amenities, a great fountain with a water and light show after dark, a walking cycling trail along the Arkansas River, sand much more.

Another free to cheap vacation tourist activity is the Reno County Museum located within walking distance of downtown Hutchinson. The museum offers exhibits and activities for all ages. If you are vacationing with children, the Oddlplex would be a fun interactive experience for children 2-12 years of age,

For a cool, unusual vacation tourist activity be sure and drive by the world's largest grain elevator. It is approximately ½ mile long and was built in 1961. While out and driving around Hutch to see the grain elevators, be sure and stop at the Dillon Nature Center. Admission to the large indoor and outdoor complex is free. There are charges for some individual exhibits. One of the cool tourist activities at the Nature Center is the Nature Display Gallery that exhibits the ecology of the sand prairie environment of which Hutchinson and the Nature Center are part of.

No review of vacation tourist activities for Hutchinson, Kansas would be complete without mentioning two of it's most famous tourist activities - the Cosmosphere and the Underground Salt Mine Museum. Both of these vacation activities have admission fees but the cost is well worth it.

The Cosmosphere is an amazing museum to be hosted in the middle of Kansas. The famous Wizard of Oz statement - "We aren't in Kansas anymore Toto", is an apt description of the museum. One of its exhibits-The Hall of Space is one of three museums in the world to exhibit spacecraft that were actually flown in the early-manned American space program.

The Underground Salt Museum is an outstanding vacation tourist activity in Hutchinson. The museum is located 650 feet below ground and is the home of the world's oldest living organism - 250 million years old! This organism is a bacteria found living inside a salt crystal alive and active prior to the time of dinosaurs.

As you can tell from reading this article, and hopefully checking out the links, Hutchinson Kansas is an unexpected vacation tourist activity Mecca and one you could spend several days exploring.

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