BELOIT
Beloit Area Chamber Office
Beloit Area Concert Association
Municipal Building
785-738-2980
We bring national acts to our local communities.
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Offering education, private lessons, youth arts and activities, local artists, and community engagement.
Brown Homestead Marker
About four miles East of Beloit on Asherville Rd. One of the first homesteads in Mitchell County. Large Historical marker describes the farm.
Located in Chautauqua Park. Features a leisure pool, diving area, lap swimming, lazy river, drop slide, family slide, and deck sprays.
Historical 1940's one-room schoolhouse. Call for tours.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built of native limestone in 1901. Houses county offices.
Mitchell County Historical Society & Museum
The Historical Society incorporated in 1971. Museum in existence since 1880. Located in "old Nurse's home" and a variety of exhibits. Open Monday, Tuesday & Thursday.
Perdue House- Mitchell County Regional Medical Foundation
National Registry of Historic Sites. Jane Perdue supported herself in the 1920s and 30s with a tea room hosted in the Perdue House.
Porter House Apartments- Historic Porter Hotel
Listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, built in 1939. Lobby is open to the public.
Presbyterian Church & Liberty Bell
Historical 1878, native limestone church. in 1951 one of only six replicas of "Liberty Bell" bells cast for the 1876 U.S. Centennial was placed in the bell tower.
Community theatre owned by the Mitchell County Foundation. Open seven days a week.
St. John's Catholic Church
Historic "Old World" architecture, built from 1901-1904 of native limestone. Two massive towers visible on the skyline.
Recreation & Leisure
Beloit and the surrounding communities of Mitchell County are full of historical, recreational, and outdoor activities. Whether visiting the Glen Elder State Park, wrapping twine, or sightseeing we are confident you will find an array of options to keep your schedule full! Call ahead for details on hours and special activities or visit Mitchell County Convention & Tourism for more information.
CAWKER CITY
A gift shop across from the Ball of Twine that sells unique sodas and candy with a monster flair & oddities throughout.
Hesperian Library & Museum
National Register of Historic Places. First building in Kansas to be built by a Women's Club. Special items are geological specimens & books signed by Susan B. Anthony.
Located on the east edge of Cawker City
9 hole course featuring artificial greens. Open year around to members and non-members alike.
Located within the Methodist Church, 608 Lake Dr.
Built in 1886 by Pilcher's Sons of Louisville, Kentucky. Originally created for the congregational church in Kensley, Kansas, and the only organ in Kansas west of Emporia at that time.
Outdoor venue, started in 1953 by farmer, Frank Stoeber. Call ahead to add twine to the ball. As of August 2019, the ball weighs 20,622 lbs and is 8,326,881 ft. of sisal twine.
GLEN ELDER
Ernie Norris Castle Service Station
100 S. Market St. (now private property)
Acting on a dream from serving in the military during WWI, in 1926, Ernie Norris build a service station that resembled a castle he'd seen in Luxemburg.
Located just west of the city of Glen Elder, south of US-24/K-9 & KS 128 intersection. Glen Elder Reservoir is one of KS's largest lakes at 12,500 acres and unlimited recreational opportunities.
Glen Elder State Park Hopewell Church
Located a half-mile north of the shores of Waconda Lake, just south of the Glen Elder State Park Ranger Station. The Church was moved from SW of Beloit in 1994 and can be rented for weddings, meetings, etc and provides views of the lake.
Glen Elder Swimming Pool
Open Memorial Day to Labor Day, weather permitting. Diving board and kids slide
National Peace Pole in City Park
Wilson Neff Park, City Square
785-545-3322 (City Hall)
Located on the north side of the park. Peace Pole marks Kansas' 150-year observance in honor of Post City War settlement and search for peace.
Statue of Liberty in City Park
Wilson Neff Park, City Square
785-545-3322 (City Hall)
Symbolic statue in the center of the park, donated in 1950 by Emily Slaven.
Waconda Springs Replica & Waconda Springs Visitor & Education Center
Commemorating the history of the Waconda Mineral Springs as a holy site for Native Americans and the later use of the Springs for a Hotel and Health Spa, visitors can walk to the Waconda Springs Replica and view history at the museum/visitor center.
TIPTON
St. Boniface Church Grotto
Grotto built in 1943 from rocks in the surrounding Blue Hills and those brought by Father Charles Menig from the Lourdes, France area.
Tipton Catholic High School
Tipton Grocery & Deli
Tipton Heritage Museum
Main Street
Built in 1877 and is one of the original commercial buildings in town. Houses artifacts of the community and region
Tipton Oaks Golf Course
1 mile west of Tipton on Hwy 181, then south 1/4 mile
Rated the most beautiful sand green golf course in Kansas. Par 35 course that is accented with burr oak trees and several elevated tee boxes. $5 to play all day.
HUNTER
The Bank
SCOTTSVILLE
Historic Steam Engine
Commercial Ave., alley by Scottsville Church
Outdoor display item
The Bank Building
Historical, built in 1916; now a private business
ASHERVILLE
Asherville Cemetery
1 mile North & 1 mile East of Asherville. First Mitchell County African American settler buried here.
SIMPSON
Trapper Joe's BBQ
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