Walnut River (Kansas)

The Walnut River is a tributary of the Arkansas River, 121 mi (195 km) long, in the Flint Hills region of Kansas in the United States. Via the Arkansas, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.

According to the GNIS, the river has also been known in the past as the "Little Verdigris River".

Course

The Walnut River rises in northern Butler County and flows generally southward through Butler and Cowley Counties, past the towns of El Dorado, Augusta and Winfield. It joins the Arkansas River at Arkansas City. The Walnut's principal tributaries are the Whitewater River, which joins it at Augusta, and the Little Walnut River, which joins it in southern Butler County.

Upstream of El Dorado, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam causes the river to form El Dorado Lake, along which a Kansas state park has been designated.

In Winfield, the old Tunnle Mill Dam is a great fishing spot. It is staged directly near the old Kickapoo Corral. A whirl pool is created by a hole in solid limestone about 15 feet down on the river bed directly of the cliffs of the Corral. Be prepared to get dirty if you want to wade in the river. It is sandy and somewhat rocky.

Festival

The Walnut Valley Festival is held along the banks in Winfield.

ee also

*List of Kansas rivers

External links

* [http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/recreat/OPSField.CFM?tblOPSField__LakeName=El%20Dorado%20Lake Corps of Engineers' El Dorado Lake website]
* [http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/state_parks/locations/el_dorado El Dorado State Park website]

ources

* [http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/W/W00577-walnut-river.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]
*DeLorme (2003). "Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.
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