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Attractions near Willard

Leave Willard for Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, 15 mi away

Among the places to visit in and near Willard are 8 museums, 2 zoos & aquariums and 2 gardens. All of it lies outside: 13 places within 40 miles, none inside Willard. Yearly visitors to Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park number about 18K. For a full day, there is Sporting Park, 60 mi away.

Attractions nearby
22
within 60 miles
The big one
12 mi
Topeka Zoo
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Zoo & aquarium · 12 mi east

Topeka Zoo

Zoo in Kansas, USA.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The lie of the land

The 13 outside town cluster to the east.

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Orange: Willard. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Place after place

Nothing is inside Willard itself; these 22 are within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Willard → · Willard’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Sporting Park: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: Samstone13, CC BY-SA 4.0 · U.S. Disciplinary Barracks Cemetery: Gorsedwa at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Legends Field: Unknown, Public domain · 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 · Spencer Museum of Art: Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · University of Kansas Natural History Museum: InaMaka, 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 · Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum: Bhall87 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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

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