Mine Creek Battlefield - Plan your visit
We invite you to visit Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield and discover more about this important place in Kansas history.
- Open: Year-round exterior self-guided walk-through site: Dawn to dusk
- Free admission, effective April 19
- Visitor center: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday
- Open for the season: April 19, 2023
- Closed state holidays
- Portions ADA accessible. Please notify us prior to visit for special needs or disabilities.
- Requires two weeks prior notice for groups of 10 or more.
- Accompanying curriculum through Read Kansas! lesson plans: The Civil War Comes to Kansas: The Battle of Mine Creek
- Offering specialized themes: The Civil War Comes to Kansas, activities, or information not provided with single admission or self-guided group tour.
- 913-270-4217
- Site administrator
Nature trail
- Walk the only major Civil War battlefield in Kansas
- View interpretive trail exhibits
- Trail map (PDF)
- Read excerpts from Samuel Reader's journal of his experience as a prisoner of war
Museum Store
- Find gifts and souvenirs related to the site at the Museum Store
History of Mine Creek Civil War Battlefield
- Became a state site in 1974
- In Kansapedia
- In Kansas Memory
- Kansas Memory - Battle of Mine Creek
- National Register nomination, listed in 1973
Local travel links
Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area
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