Prairie Dog State Park
The Prairie Dog State Park is a recreation area in Norton County of the U.S. state of Kansas. The 460 -acre State Park is located on the north bank of artificially dammed 480 ha comprehensive Keith Sebelius Reservoir. The name derives from was at the opening of 1967, the Prairie Dog Creek, because at that time there was already a long time no black -tailed prairie dogs more. Years of testing the reintroduction and resettlement failed, until 1982 immigrated from even a couple who settled in the park area and increased. The buildings of the prairie dogs are now in an area of approximately 15 ha
Furthermore, white-tailed deer, badgers, coyotes can be just as turkeys, pheasants and quail found in the park. The reservoir can fish, among other things, smallmouth bass, walleye, striped bass, crappie ( pomoxis ), catfish, and Canadian walleye.
The historic building stock in the Park is one of the oldest adobe house in Kansas from 1890. It can be visited as well as the building of a Einklassenschule, which dates from the same period.
The infrastructure consists among other things of a nature trail with signs, a swimming beach, several picnic areas and camping facilities. The park is accessible via U.S. Highway 36 west of Norton