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Independence is a small city in Southeastern Kansas with rustic rural charm, a delightfully small downtown, a large WalMart Supercenter and pretty much nothing else.

[edit] Get in

• Take either US75N from Tulsa or Bartlesville or US169N from Tulsa/Coffeyville and then US160W

[edit] Get around

• Walk or drive - there are a few public cab services. Distances are usually small.

[edit][add listing] See

• Downtown - many small shops with rural American charm
• Ralph Mitchell Zoo - Free entrance, small collection but well kept
• Riverside Park - Adjacent to the Zoo with a waterpark, toy train (tickets are just a quarter), mini-golf and excellent gardens, swings, children play areas and walking areas.

[edit][add listing] Do

[edit][add listing] Buy

[edit][add listing] Eat

• Uncle Jack's on Penn and Main

[edit][add listing] Drink

• The sports bar on Laurel St. - opposite the only movie theater in town - is open only Fri and Sat evening. It is a delightful and charming place which has seen much better days but retains much of its character.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

• Microtel next to WalMart is the only decent hotel in town.
• There are better lodging facilities in Bartlesville, OK which is around 50 mins drive down US75.

[edit] Get out

• Elk Lake has camping facilities and excellent trekking trails.

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