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Beloit Recreation Beloit has a well maintained system of parks and recreation facilities. The city has 4 parks covering 50.2 acres. There are six reservoirs and lakes within 60 miles of Beloit, the closest being Waconda Lake located 11 miles west.

Beloit's annual events include a county-wide 4 day fair, welcoming Mitchell and surrounding counties 4-H, open class, Girl Scouts, and nursing home entries. Semi-Annual State Bull Test Sale sponsored by Kansas State University and Kansas Livestock Association. Fairgrounds are made available for other special events throughout the year.

Also find... softball, baseball, soccer, basketball, bowling leagues, kid wrestling, track, golf, swimming, gymnastics programs, rodeos, weight center, frisbee golf course, wrestling and basketball tournaments, Kansas eight man all star football game and more!


Come visit us in Beloit, Kansas

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Mitchell County Courthouse

Built in 1901 for a total of $38,310. of 8" pitchfaced native limestone, of Richardsonian Romanesque design. The Seth Thomas four-faced clock in the courthouse tower was installed in 1904 and paid for by donations. Originally run by hand, the clock was electrified in 1950. Of the 25 rooms on 3

Beloit, KS Historic Courthouses

St. John's Catholic Church

A structure built of native limestone completed in 1904 in the form of a Latin Cross of Romanesque and Gothic style. It was the first church built in the United States with flying buttresses and an entire stone ceiling. The twin towers are 100' tall, 108' including the crosses adorning each tower.

Beloit, KS Historic Churches

Healing Waters: the Legend of Waconda Springs

Waconda Springs for centuries inspired wonder among its visitors. Both Indians and whites marveled at Kansas' largest saltwater spring. The diameter at the base is 300

Beloit, KS Indian Heritage

Mitchell County Museum

The museum, organized in 1971, has four floors of displays featuring historical items of Mitchell County. The building was formerly a nurses home built in 1929 in a "Williamsburg" design. Displays include: Dishes, quilts, guns, china head dolls, iron toys, old maps, 400 bells, an 1867

Beloit, KS Museums

Col. William Newton Kinslow

When Col. William Newton Kinslow died in Beloit on Oct. 18, 1948, many attended his funeral, but no one bought him a head stone to mark his final resting place. At 6'7", Kinslow was a member of the National Society of Longfellows and at one time was listed as the second tallest man in Kansas.

Beloit, KS Pioneer Life

Things to do Recreation near Beloit, KS

Outdoor Recreation

City Parks

City ParksCity Park - 11th & Cedar - Basketball...

Rooks State Fishing Lake

Ellis Parks

Beloit Recreation