Hutchinson (Kansas)

Hutchinson is a city in Central Kansas.

Understand

Get in

By bus

Greyhound bus lines (Phone number: [phone]) has a stop at 200 E AVE A. Buses operate between Wichita and Salina with stops at Lindsborg, Mcpherson and Newton.

By train

Amtrak's daily Chicago-Los Angeles Southwest Chief line stops in Hutchinson. This stop has no ticket office and no Quik-Trak ticket machine so tickets must be purchased at another station or online. The station is at North Walnut Street and East 3rd Avenue. The local bus route 1 north blue and 2 east purple stop near Main Street and East 2nd Ave.

Get around

By bus

Reno County Area Transit (RCAT) provides bus service in the city. Phone: [phone]. Fares are $1. Buses run 6AM until 7PM Monday through Friday. On Saturdays, buses run between 7AM and 6PM. There is no bus service on Sunday. The bus fare is $1 for one ride. A pass good for 30 rides costs $27. A ticket book for 10 rides costs $10. Buy passes from the transit office at 120 West Avenue B. The main transit hub is at South Adams Street and West Avenue A.

See

• 🌍 Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, 1100 North Plum St, toll-free: [phone].  
• 🌍 Kansas Underground Salt Museum, 3504 East Avenue G (On Airport Road between Highway 50 and the airport), toll-free: [phone]. Explore a salt mine 650 feet underground. Features a museum located underground and a "dark ride" tour. $15 adults/$10 children.  
• Reno County Museum, 100 South Walnut & Avenue A, ☎ [phone]. 
• Dillon Nature Center, 3002 East 30th (On 30th Ave just east of K-61), ☎ [phone]. 8AM to dusk. A 100-acre nature park with ponds and hiking trails. There is also a visitor center featuring indoor educational exhibits. Free. 
• Hedrick's Exotic Animal Farm, 7910 N. Roy L. Smith Rd. Nickerson, KS (8 miles west of Hutchinson on Highway 96 near Nickerson), toll-free: [phone]. A bed & breakfast and exotic animal farm. Call ahead for reservations. 
• Yoder Amish Community, Yoder, Kansas (11 miles southeast of Hutchinson on K-96). Yoder is a small Amish community. Visit the downtown shops and try the Carriage Crossing restaurant. 
• Carey Park (Located at the south end of Hutchinson). Large park with a golf course, the Hutchinson Zoo, and Salt City Splash water park. 

Do

Try out some of the nice water parks

• 🌍 Salt City Splash Aquatic Center. 
• 🌍 Kansas State Fair, 2000 N Poplar St, Hutchinson, ☎ [phone], toll-free: [phone], fax: [phone]. If you are coming to Wichita around late summer, the Kansas State Fair is something to visit. It is held every year in the early fall or late summer. $6 for adults, $3 for kids, $4 for seniors, $35 for season pass.  

Buy

Eat

• Jillian's Italian Grill - $$$ - an upper-class Italian sit-down restaurant near downtown with a romantic ambiance. No dress code, but tabs for one person normally run north of $25.

Drink

Sleep

• Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 1601 Super Plaza Ave, ☎ [phone]. 
• Days Inn Suites, 1420 N. Lorraine, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 

Go next

Routes through Hutchinson

Albuquerque ← Dodge City ←	W  E	→ Newton → Kansas City
Pueblo ← Dodge City ←	W  E	→ Newton → Kansas City
Ends at ←	S  N	→ McPherson → Ends at
Pueblo ← becomes ← Lyons ←	W  E	→ Wichita → Ends at