War Memorial

War Memorial: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit War Memorial

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach War Memorial — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.11485, -96.71186. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near War Memorial

• Sunset Park · park · Riley · ~15 km · Must-see
• Konza Prairie Biological Station · sanctuary · Riley · ~16 km · Must-see
• Kansas State University Gardens · sanctuary · Riley · ~18 km · Must-see
• Seven Dolors Catholic Church · church · Riley · ~18 km · Must-see
• First Congregational United Church of Christ · church · Riley · ~18 km · Must-see
• Manhattan · church · Riley · ~19 km · Must-see
• Milford Lake State Park Marina · lake · Geary · ~20 km · Must-see
• Tuttle Creek Lake · lake · Pottawatomie · ~33 km · Must-see
• Kansas Landscape Arboretum · sanctuary · Clay · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lander Park Carousel · attraction · Dickinson · ~61 km · Must-see
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum · museum · Dickinson · ~61 km · Must-see
• Abilene & Smokey Valley Railway · viewpoint · Dickinson · ~61 km · Must-see
• Council Grove City Lake Dam · lake · Morris · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lake Wabaunsee · lake · Wabaunsee · ~66 km · Must-see
• Hermit's Cave on Belfry Hill · cave · Morris · ~67 km · Must-see
• Council Grove · sanctuary · Morris · ~67 km · Must-see
• Sumner Hill · viewpoint · Riley · ~3 km
• Funston Monument · fort · Riley · ~3 km

See everything within a day’s drive of War Memorial

Other forts & heritage near War Memorial

• Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site · fort · Saline · ~95 km · Must-see
• Funston Monument · fort · Riley · ~3 km
• General Leonard Wood Monument · fort · Riley · ~3 km
• Kansas First Territorial Capitol · fort · Geary · ~7 km
• Custer House · fort · Geary · ~10 km
• M65 Atomic Cannon · fort · Geary · ~12 km
• M113 · fort · Geary · ~12 km
• 155mm Howitzer · fort · Geary · ~12 km
• The Mormon Trail (South Fork) · fort · Geary · ~12 km
• Kansas Forest Service Honor Grove · fort · Riley · ~16 km

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