Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
In the Flint Hills region of Kansas, US.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

No place to visit is mapped inside Pike Township; 3 are within 40 miles. There are a national preserve, a museum and a zoo & aquarium to choose from. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve draws about 28K visitors a year. At 55 mi, Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park is worth the journey.

In the Flint Hills region of Kansas, US.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Head to the east for most of the 3 on the list.
Orange: Pike Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything here is within 60 miles, 16 places in all.
In the Flint Hills region of Kansas, US.
National Historic Site of the United States in Topeka, Kansas.
American non-profit organization that honors exceptional school teachers.
Heritage center, science center in Manhattan, Kansas.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Pike Township →
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: Samstone13, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Combat Air Museum: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · Kansas Museum of History: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Teachers Hall of Fame: Corkythehornetfan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flint Hills Discovery Center: Kgwo1972, CC BY-SA 3.0 · U.S. Cavalry Museum: US Army, Public domain · Allen County Jail: Gordon Huggins, CC BY 2.0 · Old Depot Museum: Bhall87 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reinisch Rose Garden and Doran Rock Garden: Marion Doss, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic Site: OldPrairieTown1, CC BY-SA 4.0