LODGING

Hotels, Lodges, Extended Stay

  • Simmer Motel
    1215 West Highway 24 • Wamego, KS 66547
    785-456-2304
    This AAA approved motel offers non-smoking rooms and suites, including a honeymoon suite with Jacuzzi. Guests will enjoy the private outdoor pool, children's play area and picnic & barbeque areas.  more...

DINING

Cafes

  • Friendship House, The
    507 Ash Street • Wamego, KS 66547
    785-456-9616
    Homemade bakery goods, lunch, catering and more. Come see them for their delicious cinnamon rolls, cupcakes pies and more. Plus they cater any event. more...  map

ATTRACTIONS

Libraries & Research Centers

  • Wamego Public Library
    431 Lincoln Avenue • Wamego, KS 66547
    785-456-9181
    House in the former Kaw Valley Bank building, the Wamego Public Library is normally open Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., until 5:00 p.m. Fridays and 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday. more...

Museums & Galleries

  • Wamego Historical Society & Museum
    East 4th Street • Wamego, KS 66547
    City Park
    785-456-2040
    The museum, a replica of Wamego's first city building; and the Prairie Town Village are located in Wamego's 20-acre City Park. The Village features a log cabin, the first Pottawatomie County jail from 1872, Wamego Telephone Exchange building, a general store, restored one-room school and a newer building which includes a 1950 Chrysler Coupe with original paint, tires and upholstery. A cross-cut section of one of the limbs of the famous Louis Vieux Elm, items from Wamego's Ames House Hotel, including a registration book with such names as Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor, a table from the hotel's dining room, the hotel's key/mailing slot cabinet and a board from the structure's exterior; uniforms and items from the Civil War, WWI, WWII and other wars to the present, a full-body taxidermy buffalo, and blacksmithing tools and forge used by Neil Balderson are just some of the interesting displays of the museum. more...

SPECIALTY SHOPPING

Home Improvement

  • Lichtenhan Ace Hardware
    1012 Kaw Valley Park Cir • Wamego, KS 66547
    785-456-7456
    Ace is your one stop source for all your lawn & garden, outdoor living, painting needs, home good, tools, hardware, plumbing, heating & cooling and electrical needs. more...  map

TRANSPORTATION

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