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Hays Welcome Center
Hays Welcome Center is a sightseeing stop in Hays, KS. Cost: free. Saturday hours Memorial Day through Labor Day only.
2700 Vine St · Hays, KS
Why you should go…
The Hays Welcome Center is operated by the Hays Convention & Visitors Bureau, a department of the City of Hays, and shares its building with the Hays Chamber. Travelers stop in for maps, directions and brochures on attractions, events and lodging across Kansas, plus restrooms, drinking water, complimentary coffee and a gift shop. Open Monday to Thursday 7:30am to 5:30pm and Friday mornings, with Saturday hours added from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Hays Welcome Center, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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Sternberg Museum of Natural History
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Nicodemus National Historic Site
FreeWalk the streets of the oldest remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi, founded by formerly enslaved settlers in 1877.
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Fort Larned National Historic Site
FreeWalk among 1860s sandstone army buildings around a parade ground where troops once guarded the Santa Fe Trail.
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