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Leisure activities are abundant for residents as well as visitors.
Recreational opportunities include organized sports for youth
and adults, visual and performing arts, museums and a year-round
calendar of festivals and special events. Several beautiful
city parks offer swimming, field sports, horseshoes, hiking
and biking, fishing, camping and picknicking.
Both youth and adults can take advantage
of the
Atchison Family YMCA, the Lions Swimming
Pool, West Lanes Bowling Center and miniature golf and batting
cages at Springside Family Fun Park. The Atchison
Recreation Commission offers roller-skating in Memorial
Hall and has programs for baseball, softball, basketball,
soccer, volleyball and tennis. Golfers can choose from a private
course at Pineview Country Club or a public
course at Bellevue Country Club.
Beautiful city parks give residents the
opportunity to pursue healthy activities. The largest, Jackson
Park is a heavily wooded area with trails, play equipment, shelter
house and picnicking. The other parks have facilities for tennis,
basketball, baseball and horseshoes. Warnock Lake offers swimming,
volleyball and picnic facilities. Several small lakes and the
Missouri River provide fishing opportunities.
The recently completed
Riverfront Development project provides an abundance of opportunities
for walkers, bicyclists, boaters, or those who just want to
relax for a bit. The $4.2 million project, dedicated June 19,
2004, was seven years in the making. With its completion, the
public can take advantage of several recreational outlets.
Two boat ramps will allow avid sportsmen to easily launch or
dock their vessel. Sightseers will enjoy an overlook near one
of the boat ramps where they can safely stand and look out
over the Missouri River. Families can take their children to
Independence Park and enjoy playtime on newly installed play
equipment, including a replica of a keel boat, similar to the
one used in the Lewis and Clark Expedition 200 years ago. If
you’re a walker
or bicyclist, you can begin a ten-mile journey from the south
end of the riverfront. The trail takes you north to a replicated
Kansa Indian Village and returns to the riverfront park.
Veteran’s Memorial Park memorializes those from Atchison
County who lost their lives in combat and acknowledges those
who serve or have served in the military. The Lewis & Clark
Pavilion allows visitors to access a computer screen which tells
about the community, the area, and has names of Atchison County
veterans.
CAMPGROUNDS
WARNOCK LAKE
16 sites with electricity and 1 central water hydrant available.
$5.00 per camper per day payable to the groundskeeper at the
lake. For more information, call (913) 367-5561.
LEWIS & CLARK STATE PARK & SUGAR
LAKE AREA
70 sites available, 44 supplied with electricity. Camp area
contains 1 shower house, 1 Laundromat, and water fountains.
For more information, write to MO Dept. of Natural Resources,
Route #2, Rushville, MO 64484 or call: (816) 579-5564.
ATCHISON COUNTY LAKE
Located west of Huron on 326th Rd. $3.00 for 2 days or less,
$1.00 per additional day; maximum stay of 10 days for camping,
drinking water included. No electricity available. For more
information, call the Atchison County Court House at (913)
367-1653 or Carl Strathman at (785) 548-7727.
ATCHISON STATE FISHING LAKE (FORMERLY KNOWN
AS HETHERINGTON LAKE)
Located about 3 miles North of Atchison on Hwy. 7. No charge
for camping. Drinking water available, no electricity. For
more information, call (913) 367-7811.
RON’S
FULL HOOK-UPS RV PARK
Located at Bean Lake, MO, 9 miles East of Atchison on Missouri
Hwy 45, 35 sites available with full hook-ups, includes water,
electricity, cable, etc. Charge is $10.00 per day. $60.00
per week, and $135.00 per month. For more information, call
(816) 579-9510.
PERRY LAKE & CAMPGROUND
AREAS
South on US 59 to Oskaloosa, then west on Hwy 92. 4 campgrounds
that surround Perry Lake, 600 camper sites, 150 with electrical
hook-ups, $12.00 with hook-ups. Lake area also includes 2
boating marinas, 3 restaurants, and 7 boat ramps. All camping
areas have shower facilities. For more information, call
(913) 597-5144.
BASSWOOD COUNTRY INN
Bed and breakfast and RV resort in Platte City, MO. 5 miles
East of I-29 (exit 18) 120 total hook-ups tenting, 6 suites,
condo style cabins, cottages, stocked fishing, wooded trails,
pool, meeting rooms, full facilities. For more information,
call (816) 792-7691.
ATCHISON DUMP STATION
Half-mile West of Country Mart on Hwy 59.
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