From the 2009 race
If you’re around Milford Lake at all today (Saturday, August 17), if you head down to the south boat ramp, you’ll be able to check out the cardboard boat races. From noon to 4pm, you can watch (or participate!) in the “Float Your Boat” race where participants ride in boats made entirely from cardboard and duct tape. If you want to whip up your own creation that can hold two people, there are cash prizes available!
8 feet – the height grasses can reach in the tallgrass prairie
Author Jonathan Conard with his daughter at the highest point in Kansas
11 physiographic regions
14 mph average wind speed in Dodge City, Kansas’ windiest city
24 state parks
65 feet – the depth of Milford Lake, the state’s largest lake
300 bison (approximately) in the herd on the Konza Prairie
467 recorded bird species
680 feet above sea level – Verdigris River, the lowest point in the state
4,039 feet above sea level – the height of Mount Sunflower, the highest point in the state
Kansas Trail Guide 