Description

Santa Fe Trail Park is located on 3,310 acres at Council Grove Lake and is operated and maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

The campground offers many modern amenities, 1 group camping area and 34 well-maintained and shaded campsites. The park/campground is open year round with water required facilities available from April 1 thru Oct 31. Reservations are accepted for 18 campsites from April 15 thru Sept 30.

The park/campground is located in the rolling grass covered Flint Hills which is in the Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem, considered one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America. Only about three percent of the Tallgrass Prairie remains and the majority is located in the Flint Hills.

It is also located two miles northwest of the historic town of Council Grove which is a National Historic District. The community consists of seven National Park Service certified Santa Fe National Historic Trail sites.

Council Grove is a starting point for the Flint Hills National Scenic Byway. This byway travels through vast expanses of rolling grass covered hills, some of the best of the last remnants of the Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem in North America. Along the byway and 25 miles south is the National Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, managed by the National Park Service.

Council Grove Lake has the closest full service campgrounds to all of these scenic and historic sites.

MORE INFORMATION :

Lake -More information at Lake Website

Hiking-Information on the Pioneer Nature Trail Webstie