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Yates Center Reservoir
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All photos by Jim Mason |
Surrounded by upland native grasses, Yates Center Reservoir is an
excellent place to get the "open tallgrass prairie" feeling. |
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Late spring and summer are the best times to view and photograph
prairie wildflowers and birds. Commonly seen prairie birds include dickcissels, eastern
meadowlarks, grasshopper sparrows, mourning doves, scissor-tailed flycatchers and
red-tailed hawks. On occasion upland sandpipers and greater prairie chickens are sighted.
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The lake attracts migrating waterfowl in spring and fall. If you
visit in early spring, listen for western chorus frogs. In late spring and summer the deep
bellow of a bullfrog is often heard. Basking on logs in the water are sliders and painted
turtles.
 | User fee, Shelter house, Boat ramp
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 Primitive
camping only. Permit required.
Picnic shelter and tables.
 No
developed trails.
Click the icon to find a birding list for Wilson County.
Click the icon to locate nearby Geocaches
(a detailed site map may be found here)
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Directions:
From Yates Center (90 miles east of Wichita) travel west 4 miles on
U.S. 54, then 2 miles south and 0.25 miles east (red arrow on map).
There is no entry fee, but fees are required for fishing, boating,
swimming, and camping.
For a Google Map for this site,
click here. |
Ownership:
The City of Yates Center is
the entity responsible for management of Yates Center Reservoir. If
you have specific questions about this site, write or call:
Yates Center City Hall
117 E. Rutledge
Yates Center KS 66783
(620) 625-2118
(hours: M-F, 8-5)
720 acres
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Funded by the
Chickadee Checkoff Program
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Kansas web site
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by
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Re-publication of site content in any form other than for personal use
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by contributing to the Chickadee Checkoff on your state tax form. |
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