Visit Oakley Ks

06/06/2024

Come on down to the Park & Trail ride in Russell Springs this Saturday!

06/05/2024

Oakley's car show this weekend

05/16/2024

Come on in and check out the newly remodeled gift shop at the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center.

Our gift shop got a facelift!-Come in and pick up a gift or souvenir. We still have a great selection of books and gifts for the kids, plus some new unique gift ideas. Check out the new look. https://www.buffalobilloakley.org/uncategorized/our-gift-shop-gets-a-facelift

05/02/2024

Does this look good, or what!

Shepard’s Pie Cheese Burger 🍔 Try it out!

04/28/2024

Nice job Chuck! Be sure to visit him an Barbara A Shelton at Keystone Gallery

04/10/2024

April 29th is Girls Day Out in Oakley. Here's the vendor list gals.

03/27/2024

You can't beat this price. Worth the drive to Oakley!

Sign up today at Jamboree Foods in Oakley for a 5 lb bag of breaded chicken tenders only $16.98!!
Please pick up April 23rd and April 26th.

03/27/2024

The Buffalo Bill Cultural Center is finally open again to visitors. It's been a journey after their water pipe bursting and inches of water that damaged two thirds of the center. The event center is also open, so think about your upcoming events.

03/27/2024

Oakley has a new liquor store next door to the grocery store - stop in and pick up your weekend beverage needs!

01/29/2024

Oakley would like to help reclaim vacations in Kansas.

01/29/2024

Stop in. Lot's of delicious options.

12/27/2023

Buffalo Bill Cultural Center has brochures for you or you business.

If you are a visitor, local community member, hotel or business and you would like any of these guides for yourself or your business, stop in the center and we can get you what you need. If you message, or call, we can bring them out to you. Available is the Kansas State Visitor Guide, The Hunting Atlas, Kansas Byways, Kansas Road Maps, Western Vistas Historic Byway guide, I-70 brochure, Kansas Bicycle Map, Oakley Visitor guide, Fick Fossil and History Museum rack card. We also have the Northwest Kansas Ultimate Guide (not pictured). All are free.

12/23/2023

If you don't follow Kansas Tourism YouTube channel - you should. Five renditions of our state song were presented at the tourism conference is October - This one was performed live for us by XV, great new take (and verses) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qr2U_5BsIQ
You can hear all of them on the channel, plus other way cool videos.

150 years ago, a verse became a calling, inspiring generations to love our land and dream of each new dawn. But its roots call back to the heartland. Back to...

12/09/2023

Updated schedule for the light parade in Visit Oakley Ks

09/13/2023

Time to get your spring Lesser Prairie Chicken Viewing tour booked.

Lek viewings are managed and conducted by Prairie Tours & Guide Services, LLC.   Groups from 8 to 14 are scheduled based on availability and group size.  Custom scheduling can also be accommodated for groups with a minimum of 8 people.  Reservations for all tours are required.   All lek viewin...

08/26/2023

Good Job Savannah, and Good Luck

08/03/2023

Great views of Monument Rocks and the bronze sculpture at Buffalo Bill Cultural Center .

See what we found while traveling through Kansas. There's the beautiful, the unusual and sometimes absurd. We discovered Monument Rocks, Little Jerusalem B...

07/12/2023

It's fair time - come on out to Oakley for the fair July 17-22. Hometown carnival every night. See the schedule of events
https://www.logancountyfairks.com/

7:30 PM Grandstand Event - Ranch Rodeo - 5:30 PM Mutton Busting & Calf- Steer Riding - 6:30 PM Calcutta - 7:00 PM Ranch Rodeo

06/21/2023

So. This Friday is prime rib day at The Cafe in Winona . Don't miss ii

Come and savor the flavor of our tasty prime rib, available only on the fourth Saturday of every month! 🍴

06/14/2023

We want you to "pull over" - Visit the Fick Fossil and History Museum and the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center.

Visit the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center or the Fick Fossil and History Museum and tell us that you "pulled over for this" and get this groovy sticker (while they last). When you post your experience, be sure to use our hashtag.

06/03/2023

Follow Sunflower State Tours to see the upcoming tours. Let them know you want to come to Western Kansas!

Owner/operator, Joe Hirsch, has a big announcement to make!!

Back In January 2021, I had decided to sell the bus and dissolve the business. It was a hard decision, but the effects of covid both on the business and my mental health were staggering. When everything shut down last year including my job (I’m a teacher, I worked remotely) and the business, I fell into a dark depression. The bus was a physical representation of what I perceived as my failure, so I resolved to sell it and, reluctantly, my wife agreed. It had been a financial drain on us but we have been completely blessed to keep our heads over water while the business was not able to run. I could not, in good conscience, open up a business that it’s sole purpose is to cram people into a tight space and take them all over the state. I let everything slide for the business. And was ready to be done. But then in March, KTWU's Sunflower Journeys aired the episode that we were featured in; we got a huge influx in questions about if we had tours and if we were still open. I ignored so many because I was not ready to admit defeat. But then, in main part to my wife, I decided that Kansas needs this business. People want this business. We are the only travel bus whose sole purpose is to show off Kansas and her wonders. Kansas has been largely ignored when it comes to tourism, but we are an amazing tourist state. For decades, Kansas tourism had tried to compare itself to Colorado or California or even Missouri or Oklahoma, trying to show why we are better. But with people like me, Marci Penner, and the Kansas Explorers Club, the state has realized that we are unique and to lean into our uniqueness. We aren’t like other states. We are Kansas. I feel like I help show the viability of Kansas tourism to politicians, businesses, people from other states/countries, and even our own Kansas people. What would it say if a purely Kansas tourism travel business would close? So with all that we have a big announcement: we aren’t closing. We are reopening! We are going to be opening for tours soon! I have been getting many things worked out thanks to the incredible help of my wife, family, and friends. By the end of the week we will have updated the website and have tours up for the summer! If you have a private tour idea and want to rent the bus for family and friends, let me know!!
I am going to do a better job of responding to people and just being better for my customers, friends, and most importantly, my family and myself.
So be prepared Kansas, you will be seeing a tour bus enjoying your scenery and history very soon!!!

🌻🌻See you down the road!!🌻🌻

06/02/2023

JOIN RV MAMA OF 4 & SPARKLE ADVENTURES FOR A FUN WOMEN’S WEEKEND IN OAKLEY, KANSAS – MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND NEW MEMORIES!

Join RV Mama of 4 and Sparkle Adventures for a fun women's weekend in Oakley, Kansas - making new friends and new memories.

05/24/2023

Cruise into Oakley for the car show June 9, 10.

The TCC Car Show is quickly approaching. Have you started tuning and spiffing up your Hot Rods yet? If not, there's still time to do so 😉 What if you don't have a Hot Rod? Come on out anyway for some fun and see the variety of cars on display!

>Early registration is accepted by mail or you can bring it the day of the event

05/13/2023

Tribute Wall will be in Oakley the 20th and 21st.

Visit the tribute wall

04/27/2023

The Golden Era of Song, old favorites of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole, will be presented by Adams & Cooley of Rat Pack Jazz. The show will take place on April 30th, 3:00p.m. (DST) in the Oakley High School Auditorium. Preceding the show at 1:00 p.m., there will be an outreach activity in the vocal room of Oakley High School and it will be free of charge. This will offer background information on the music and artists whose music will be presented at the public performance. This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. Additional support is provided by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation and the Logan County Community Foundation. Admission is with season ticket, or at the door; Adults, $20; Students, $10. WPAA

04/27/2023

Come to the car show this weekend in Visit Oakley Ks

Come out and join us at the Oakley Sonic and show off your car then we will cruise Oakley the fun will start around 11:00am on Sunday

03/22/2023

If you are traveling un US 40 in western Kansas on you way west to Fort Wallace Museum or east to Fick Fossil and History Museum you definitely need to make the Cafe a lunch or dinner stop.

We ❤️ Winona! Thank you for supporting our restaurant and being the reason we can keep doing what we love -- serving you with the best food around.

02/25/2023

Great pic - thanks Keystone Gallery for sharing. Butterfield Trail museum will open for the season in May.

2007 Butterfield Trail Museum in Russell Springs, Kansas. I took this from a plane btw.

02/25/2023

This great story is now available on YouTube

Follow the journey of Fort Wallace surgeon, Theophilus Turner, as he makes a significant fossil discovery near the fort.

01/13/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0c0UAYZ8JY - Great Intro into the Kansas Bandlands by Nick Abt. It's a good one, thanks, Nick

In this video we explore the least known badlands in the United States, the Kansas Badlands! Stretching westward for about 75 miles, the Niobrara chalk beds ...