Area Attractions

Historic Route 66

• Get your kicks in the Baxter Springs downtown area which is located entirely on Rt 66
• Visit the Rainbow Curve Bridge just north of town - the only remaining Marsh Arch bridge on Rt 66
• Historic walking tour of Baxter Springs

Renaisance Festival Don't miss the Bridgewater Renaisance Faire in Baxter Springs. With themes such as "Let Your Heart Be Merry", the Faire is held each year in early autumn. The latest scheduled date is from in the Wooded Glen East side of the Baxter Springs High School campus. Go to the PRESS RELEASE or the official Bridgewater Web site for more information.

Help us celebrate Cowtown Days

Help us celebrate Cowtown Days

Live entertainment is featured throughout the annual Cowtown Days celebration held each summer in Baxter Springs.

• Arts & Crafts Fair
• Free Entertainment
• Vendors
• Gospel Music
• Contests for the Kids
• Car Show
• Over 10,000 visitors annually

One of the things to see while in town is the bas relief mural depicting the history of Baxter Springs - located on the exterior of the American Bank.

Museums

• Historical Museum - 16,000 square feet of displays, including a restored log cabin
• Bilke's Western Wear Museum - private collection of western art and artifacts reflecting our rich &cowtown& heritage
• Baseball Museum - featuring Mickey Mantle and local sports memorabilia, as well as Baxter's own PGA Golfer, Hale Irwin
• Johnston Library - listed on the National Register of Historic Places

See the Tri-State Marker, and be in three states at once! The meeting point of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri is just east of Baxter Springs

Recreation

• Three-Ballpark Sports Complex
• Fishing on Spring River with Camping Sites and Utility Hook-Ups
• Upland Game Hunting
• Tennis Courts at City Park
• Nine-hole Golf Course and Country Club
• Motorcross track
• Thirty Minutes from Grand Lake O' the Cherokees

Rich Civil War History

Located on Military Frontier Scenic Byway Civil War Driving Tour featuring 16 Civil War sites Baxter Springs Massacre Site Fort Blair Site Located on Military Road which ran from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to Fort Gibson, Indian Territory National Cemetary #2

Outer Area Attractions

• Big Brutus - West Mineral, Kansas
  Museum and RV Park. One of the most unique day trips in Southeast Kansas is to Big Brutus, 11,000,000 pounds of fun! Big Brutus is the world's second largest electric mining shovel. Walk through its cavernous body, sit in the operators
• Precious Moments Chapel - Carthage, Missouri
• Only two hours from Branson, Missouri
• Fort Scott National Historic Site - Fort Scott, Kansas
  Consists of 20 historic circa 1840 structures, a parade ground and five acres of restored tallgrass prairie.