The Kansas Landscape Arboretum features four main trails that visitors can explore. These trails guide visitors through various environments including woodlands, wetlands, and meadows. With each season, the nature trails transform with changing colors from foliage and wildflowers—becoming exciting places to explore year-round!
Trails are open year-round for your enjoyment. While trails are maintained by volunteers, please be conscious of poison ivy and fallen branches. Please refrain from picking plants as they are needed to keep the trail beautiful for the next hikers.
Woodland Trail
0.8 miles
The Woodland Trail includes a variety of evergreen and deciduous trees. As the arboretum’s longest trail, you will see a range of vegetation on your walk. The trail culminates at a wetland that feeds into Milford Lake, where herons and other waterfowl are often spotted. As you walk from woodland to wetland, notice how the types of plants around you change from trees in the woodland to grasses and forbs in the wetland.
Some plants you may find here: eastern red cedar, cottonwood, black walnut, hackberry, ash, oaks, elm, redbud, chokecherry, wild plum, dogwood, sumac, and Virginia creeper
Bird Sanctuary Trail
0.3 miles
The Bird Sanctuary Trail is a shorter loop adjacent to the Woodland Trail. This trail loops through woodland and meadow plant communities. Visitors often enjoy counting how many birds they can spot in the branches as they walk—it is quite a few!
Some plants you may find here: eastern red cedar, sedges, prairie grasses
Wild Acres Trail
0.5 miles
Wild Acres Trail is one of the shorter trails, winding along the edge of a prairie. It features an abundance of wildflowers, which offer opportunities to spot pollinators and new species in bloom.
Some plants you may find here: prairie coneflower, prairie wild rose, purple coneflower, blue false indigo, and prairie beardtongue
Meadow-Willow Trail
0.5 miles
The Meadow-Willow Trail meanders along the edge of a natural drainage area that borders prairie meadows and willow groves. Featuring six rustic bridges and a natural bluff, the trail makes for an exciting walk.
Some plants you may find here: prairie grasses, willow, and eastern red cedar
