By:
Submission
Kanza View Picnic Shelter is located at the east end of Council Grove Dam just off Kansas Highway 177. It offers some of the most scenic views of the lake.
Although Council Grove Lake has excellent fishing and boating opportunities, access to the water limits these activities at Kanza View. Picnicking and tent camping at Kanza View's primitive sites are this location's primary activities.
Kanza View offers five undeveloped campsites most suitable for tent camping. The roofed day-use picnic pavilion has six picnic tables seating 40 people. The picnic pavillion is the only facility that may be reserved in advance. There is no electricity. A single water hydrant for shared use is located near the pavillion. Bathroom facilities are masonary vault toilets.
**The park sits on top of a hill adjacent to the lake offering breathtaking lake views. Although the park has many open grassy areas interspersed with large Cottonwood and Oak trees, access to the lake is limited due to the steep, rocky terrain.**
Multiple developed campgrounds surround Council Grove Lake in the near vicinity. The town of Council Grove affords an array of historic sites and the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is 18 miles south on Highway 177.
1 mile north of Council Grove, Kansas on Highway 177. Then west 200 yards on Lake Road (goes across dam).
Stop, relax, take in the sights. Wish there was a higher location or a better place to take in all the views.
It's a nice pleasant drive with winding paved rosds, where you can stop along the way to check out the byway's history. I started from Cassody, KS and ended at Council Grove, KS.
Beautiful sceneries of going hill. This area brings out the best of heartland.
An extremely peaceful spot to learn about the Flint Hills and the Tallgrass Prairie that used to engulf this entire area. Be sure to tune your radio to 1680 am to get a brief history as well as current events that are happening in the Cottonwood Falls area as well as a suggestions on traveling the scenic byway that you're currently on. If time allows, you should definitely visit the National Tallgrass Preserve and take the time to tour the three-story Stone Barn and the Z bar Ranch Homestead as it is both educational as well as a picturesque environment for a Roadside distraction.
