48 photo locations in Kansas — 17 state parks, 10 ghost towns, 4 botanical gardens, 4 waterfalls and more — plus 10 National Park Service sites and golden hour times for 24 cities. Milky Way core season runs March–September (best in June). Aurora needs about Kp 8.0+ in central Kansas. Wildflowers peak around May.
Photo locations
48
NPS sites
10
Milky Way season
Mar–Sep
Peak bloom
May
Aurora
Kp 8.0+
Top photo locations in Kansas
Ghost TownTreece
Mountain PeakMount Sunflower
Botanical GardenBotanica, The Wichita Gardens
State ParkMushroom Rock State Park
State ParkKanopolis State Park
LakeLake Inman
Ghost TownTwin Mound
State ParkCedar Bluff State Park
State ParkPrairie Dog State Park
State ParkWilson State Park
State ParkClinton State Park
State ParkElk City State Park
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National Park Service sites in Kansas
KSTallgrass Prairie National Preserve
KSBrown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
KSFort Larned National Historic Site
KSFort Scott National Historic Site
KSNicodemus National Historic Site
CA/COCalifornia National Historic Trail
IA/IDLewis & Clark National Historic Trail
ID/KSOregon National Historic Trail
CA/COPony Express National Historic Trail
CO/KSSanta Fe National Historic Trail
Golden hour in Kansas cities
Wichita, KS
OPOverland Park, KS
Kansas City, KS
Olathe, KS
Topeka, KS
LALawrence, KS
Shawnee, KS
Manhattan, KS
LELenexa, KS
SASalina, KS
Hutchinson, KS
LELeavenworth, KS
Night sky
Darkest skies in Kansas
State ParkCedar Bluff State Park
State ParkWilson State Park
State ParkLake Scott State Park
State ParkPawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site
State ParkLittle Jerusalem Badlands State Park
State ParkMeade State Park