Emporia (Kansas)

Emporia is a city in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. It is the county seat of Lyon County and the home of Emporia State University and William Allen White.

Get in

By car

By bus

Greyhound has a stop at 2000 Industrial Road. There are a few hotels five and six blocks away from the stop.

Get around

By bus

Lyon County Area Transit (LCAT) (+1 620-343-4207) operates two routes. The common transfer point is at the Newman Regional Health hospital at 1201 West 12th Ave.

See

  • Historic structures.

Do

Buy

Eat

Radius Brewing Company

Drink

Sleep

  • Super 8, 2913 W US Highway 50 (southwest corner of town, west end of US Highway 50), +1 620-342-7567. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 11AM.

Go next

Routes through Emporia

Kansas City Ottawa  N  S  El Dorado Wichita
Kansas City via Topeka  N  S  END
Follow north  N  S  Follow south
Hutchinson Peabody  W  E  Olathe Kansas City


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