Facilities

DeWeese Park
  • Type of Facility: Primitive Camping
  • Location of Facility: N37 48.913 W97 53.253
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    Also located at DeWeese Park is a boat ramp and vault toilet.


Yoder Fishing Jetty
  • Type of Facility: Jetty
  • This facility is ADA accessible
  • Location of Facility: N37 48.038 W97 52.711

Fish Cove
  • Type of Facility: Primitive Camping
  • This facility is ADA accessible
  • Location of Facility: N37 48.110 W97 51.959
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    Also located at the Fish Cove Camping Area is a parking lot, boat ramp, toilet, dock, and a jetty.


Red Bluffs
  • Type of Facility: Boat Ramp
  • This facility is ADA accessible
  • Location of Facility: N37 46.610 W097 48.454
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    Also located next to the Boat Ramp is a parking lot, vault toilet, dock, and jetty.

    The Red Bluffs Area will be closed to the public from September 11 thru the 12 to allow for the training of department personal.


Shooting Range
  • Type of Facility: Shooting Range
  • This facility is ADA accessible
  • Location of Facility: 1001 E Parallel Rd. Pretty Prairie, KS 67570
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    The Cheney Shooting Range is located along Parallel Road on the northwest end of the Wildlife Area. The range is open to the public from mid-March to mid-December on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Normal operating hours are 8:00AM to 5:00PM Friday and Saturday and 1:00PM to 5:00PM on Sundays. Summer hours begin the last Friday in May and end the last Sunday in September. Summer operation hours are 7:00 A.M. to 3 P.M. Friday and Saturday and 9:00 A.M. to 3 P.M. on Sunday. It is closed on all designated holidays that occur over the weekend. These closed dates are posted at the new permit station by the range shed. Law Enforcement certified officers operate the range when open. Shooting benches, target backers, and target tacks are provided for both the 100 and 25 yard ranges. An ADA accessible bench is provided on each range as well as a uni-sex vault toilet.

    Rifles and pistols may be used on either range. Shotguns are not allowed. Individuals wishing to use the range need only bring firearms, ammunition, and paper targets. Adult shooters must fill out a registration form once per season. All adult shooters must sign the daily log in sheet. Permits are available at the range.  

    This is a marksmanship range, no rapid fire

    .50 BMG rifles/rounds and exploding targets are not allowed

    Muzzleloader's are allowed

    Armor piercing and tracer rounds are prohibited

    Examples of armor piercing ammunition: M2 .30-06 163gr., M61 7.62 NATO 150.5gr., M993 7.62 126.6gr., M995 5.56x45mm NATO 52gr., FNP80 7.62 150gr., AP485 .338 Lapua Magnum 248gr., S.m.K. 7.92x57 Mauser 178.25gr. (examples only)

    Please read and understand all range rules before shooting. Public access to the range is strictly prohibited Monday through Thursday. Target practice anywhere else on the wildlife area is strictly prohibited and heavily enforced. This includes BB guns, paint ball guns, and archery equipment.


Wenzel Cove
  • Type of Facility: Boat Ramp
  • This facility is ADA accessible
  • Location of Facility: N37 45 46.37 W97 52 29.78
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    Located next to the Boat Ramp is also a parking lot, vault toilet, docks, and jetty.


Area Office
  • Type of Facility: Office
  • This facility is ADA accessible
  • Location of Facility: N37 48.365 W097 51.763