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category : Zoos
Sunset Zoo The 52-acre Sunset Zoo is home to 13 endangered species as well as many other rare animals. It features the largest outdoor chimpanzee exhibit in Kansas - Chimpanzees of Tanganyika - along the lush African Forest Trail.

Visit the Bald eagle's Aerie, BATS!, Monkeys Of Kakamega Forest, and the Australian Walkabout where you can come face to face with wallabies and emus.


Admission: $5.00 - 13 years old and up; $3.00 - children 3-12 years old, Free - children under 3
Hours: Open seven days a week, 360 days each year!
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., April - October
Noon - 5:00 p.m., November - March
Address: 2333 Oak Street
Phone: 785-587-APES
Our Email: SunsetZoo@ci.manhattan.ks.us
Our Website:www.SunsetZoo.com
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day

Come visit us in Manhattan, Kansas

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Pottawatomie Lake #2

State Fishing Lake No. 2.is located about four miles northeast of Manhattan. Pottawatomie Lake #2 is a scenic lake of about 75 acres that holds nice populations of crappie, largemouth bass and bluegill. The lake also produces impressive strings of channel catfish and holds some very nice walleyes.

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Randolph Jail

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Harold M. Freund American Museum of Baking

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Riley County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places the dominating limestone Courthouse was completed in 1906, built by Topeka contractor, J.B. Betts, and local contractor, Clarence Johnson. The citizens pledged $1,000 for the tower clock.

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Konza Prairie

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