Area Travel - AmericInn® of Hesston, KS
Welcome to Beautiful Kansas! Read about Hesston attractions and things to do during your stay:
Our Hesston hotel is conveniently located along Interstate 135. Whether you are traveling north to Salina, I-70, or beyond or South to Wichita, Oklahoma City, Dallas-Fort Worth or beyond, or if you are in the Hesston area on business or visiting family and friends, let us take care of your travel comfort in one of our comfortable beds and quiet rooms with AmericInn SoundGuard™ construction. Wake up refreshed and ready for whatever the day has to offer. Enjoy our complimentary AmericInn Perk breakfast to start the day off right. If you are visiting in the area we have lots of things to do in Hesston for the golfer, shopper, and everything in between.
Area Attractions and Activities
Hesston City Outdoor Swimming Pool
Address: 303 Park Rd, Hesston, KS 67062
Distance: 0.5 mi
Phone: 620-327-2989
Play Park Water Park
Address: Ridge Rd, Hesston KS 67062
Distance: 0.5 mi
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains
- One of the finest arboretums in the country.
Address: 177 W Hickory, Hesston, KS 67062
Distance: 1 mi
Phone: 620-327-8127
Hesston Golf Course
- A world class, 18 hole golf course owned and operated by a former Golf Pro.
Address: 520 Golf Park Rd., Hesston, KS 67062
Distance: 1 mi.
Phone: 620-327-2331
Chisholm Trail 8 Theater
- Always showing the up to the minute movies.
Address: 601 SE 36th St, Newton, KS 67114
Distance: 10 mi.
Phone: 316-283-0555
Website: www.chisholmtrail8.com
Chisholm Trail Mini-Golf
Address: 601 SE 36th St., Newton, KS 67114
Distance: 10 mi.
Phone: 316-283-1518
Maxwell Wildlife and Game Preserve and fishing lake - Take a tram ride thru the preserve and see buffalo, elk, and other wild
life as well as a wide variety of wildflowers as they were over a
hundred years ago.
Address: Canton, KS 67428
Distance: 20 mi.
Exploration Place
- Sedgwick County’s science and discovery center. An excellent learning experience for the whole family.
Address: 300 N McLean Blvd, Wichita, KS 67201
Distance: 25 mi.
Website: www.exploration.org
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
- At the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, visitors hear the
non-biased, definitive story of the Space Race. The Hall of Space
museum is known by space enthusiasts worldwide.
Address: 1100 N Plum, Hutchinson, KS 67501
Distance: 35 mi.
Phone: 800-397-0330
Website: www.cosmo.org
Yoder Amish Community
- In 1906, A. M. Switzer plotted the little town of Yoder as a central
point for the surrounding Amish communities. The town is a quaint
mixture of the past and present, as horse and buggy intermingle with
cars and trucks.
Address: Located off Highway 96 between Wichita and Hutchison.
Distance: 40 mi.
Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure and Museum
- Your journey through the 64,000 square foot museum takes you around the
world to experience the delicate symmetry between humans, animals and
nature in seven unique regions from the arctic to the rainforest. The
Zoo at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure. Here you can get face-to-face
with a rare white camel, an Indian rhino, a curious orangutan, an
ornery aardvark or many of the other animals of the 100+ species of
wildlife at home in our zoo.
Address: Conveniently located in the heart of Kansas on Interstate-70, just 6 miles west of Salina, Kansas.
Distance: 60 mi.
Phone: 785-827-9488
Website: www.rollinghillswildlife.com.
Kaufman Museum
- The award-winning permanent exhibit Of Land and People which tells the
story of the coming of the Mennonites from Europe to the central plains
in the 1870s and their encounters with the prairie environment and its
people.
Address: 27th and North Main, North Newton, KS 67117
Distance: 10 mi
Phone: 316-283-1612
Sedgwick County Zoo
- Spend the day with colorful birds, playful penguins, poison dart frogs
and more than 2,000 other individual animals of all sizes, shapes and
colors. Discover why Sedgwick County Zoo is the No. 1 outdoor family
tourist attraction in Kansas.
Address: 5555 Zoo Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203
Distance: 25 mi.
Phone: 316-660-9453
Website: www.scz.org
Harvey County Historical Museum and Archives
- Features railroad history with special exhibits, genealogical records,
and more. Genealogical archives and museum exhibits preserve the
history of Harvey County. The Museum and Archives are located in the
Historical Newton Carnegie Library built in 1903.
Address: 203 N Main, Newton KS 67114
Distance: 10 mi.
Phone: 316-283-2221
Warkentine House Museum
- The Newton, Kansas, home of Bernhard Warkentin and Wilhelmina
Eisenmayer Warkentin, built between 1886 and 1887, is a splendid
example of the Victorian period in American architecture and
furnishings.
Address: 211 E 1st St, Newton, KS 67114
Distance: 10 mi.
Phone: 316-283-7555.
The Mennonite Heritage Museum
- Dedicated in 1974, the museum complex was established to preserve the
artifacts from early households, farms, schools, churches, and the
hospital in our Mennonite community.
Address: 200 N Poplar, Goessel, KS 67053
Distance: 10 mi.
Phone: 620-367-8200
McPherson County Historical Museum
- The McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation, features many unique
exhibits, including historical artifacts, meteorites, Ice Age fossils,
Native American pottery, and fine art.
Address: 1130 E Euclid, McPherson, KS 67460
Distance: 25 mi.
Phone: 620-241-8464
Website: www.mcphersonmuseum.com
Halstead Kansas Learning Center for Health
- By adhering to the Kansas State Science & Health Standards and
emphasizing tobacco and drug free living, the Learning Center has
developed classes that actively engage students in learning.
Address: 505 Main, Halstead, KS
Distance: 15 mi.
Phone: 316-835-2662
Website: www.learningcenter.org
Underground Salt Mine
- The Kansas Underground Salt Museum is a finalist for the 8 Wonders of
Kansas because it showcases the natural treasure, salt, that exists
hundreds of feet below the Kansas plains!
Address: 6504 E Ave G, Hutchinson, KS 67501
Distance: 40 mi.
Phone: 620-662-1425
Website: www.undergroundmuseum.org.
Harvey County Lake East
- Family fun, boating, swimming, skiing and fishing.
Address: Newton, KS 67114
Distance: 15 mi.
Quick Area Guide
- Hesston Golf Course 1 mi
- Wild West World Amusement 20 mi
- Wichita Zoo 20 mi
- Rolling Hills Zoo 50 mi
- Shopping 30 mi
- Wichita Airport 30 mi
- Maxwell Game Refuge 20 mi
- Salt MIne Museum 35 mi
- Cosomohpere Space Museum 30 mi
- AGCO Corporation 1 mi