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Overland Park[1] is a city in Kansas and a suburb of Kansas City.

[edit] Understand

Overland Park is the largest community in Johnson County, the economic engine that drives the Kansas City economy. The population is predominately white and well educated.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By plane

Kansas City International Airport is about 45 minutes away and is the primary airport for the entire Kansas City metro area.

[edit] By car

Interstates 35, 435, and 635 with U.S. 69 pass through Overland Park. Roads are generally uncongested and nearly all parking in the entire city is free.

[edit] Get around

North and South streets are named while East and West streets are numbered. Metcalf Ave will take you just about anywhere, although at parts, it is has many lanes and is a bit confusing. Before driving on this street, make sure you know where you're going and don't drive on it during rush hour (5PM-7PM). State Line is the street directly between Kansas and Missouri, thus the name. One strange road name is College. College is where a numbered street should be. Don't be alarmed! It's located between 119th and 103rd. Also, 135th St turns into Santa Fe as you're heading West. If you happen to be on Santa Fe, that means you're no longer in Overland Park, you are in Olathe. Overland Park lies between Shawnee Mission Parkway (north) and 199th St (south) and State Line (east) and Quivira (west).

[edit][add listing] See

• Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead, 13800 Switzer, tel: (913) 897-2360, [2].
• The Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, 8909 W. 179th Street, (913) 685-3604, [3].

[edit][add listing] Do

• Kansas City Curling Club, 12140 West 135th Street, [4]
• Corporate Woods Jazz Festival, [5].

[edit] Learn

[edit] Work

• Sprint World Headquarters, near 119th Street and Nall Ave.
• Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Blvd near Nall Ave.

[edit][add listing] Buy

[edit][add listing] Eat

• Amor de Brazil Fiery Steakhouse, 11920 Metcalf Ave (&119th), 913 312 0543, [6]. Brazilian Steakhouse which offers 15 cuts of high quality grilled meats. Salad bar with as many as 50 different items.
• Garozzo's Ristorante
• K.C. Masterpiece The first in the chain.
• Ruchi Indian Restaurant
• Fiorella's Jack Stack, 95th & Metcalf.
• Hikari Japanese Steakhouse
• BD's Mongolian BBQ
• Yia-Yia's
• J. Gilbert's Steakhouse
• Il Trullo
• Johnny Cascone's
• Dick Clark's American Bandstand
• J Alexander's

[edit][add listing] Drink

• The Peanut very smokey, but great hot chicken wings

[edit][add listing] Sleep

• AmeriSuites Overland Park/Convention Center, 5001 W. 110th Street, (913)491-9002 [7].
• AmeriSuites Overland Park/Metcalf, 6801 W 112th St, (913) 451-2553 [8].

• Candlewood Suites, 11001 Oakmont, +1 913 469-5557, [9].
• Courtyard Kansas City Overland Park/Convention Center, 11001 Woodson Street, +1 913 317-8500, Fax: +1 913 317-8585, [10].
• Courtyard Kansas City Overland Park/Metcalf, South of College Blvd., 11301 Metcalf Avenue, +1 913 339-9900, Fax: +1 913 339-6091, [11].
• Holiday Inn, 7240 Shawnee Mission Parkway, +1 913 262-3010, [12].
• Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, 8787 Reeder Road, +1 913 888-8440, [13].
• Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, 10920 Nall Ave, +1 913 312-0900, [14].
• Overland Park Marriott, 10800 Metcalf Avenue, +1 913 451-8000, Fax: +1 913 451-5914, [15].
• Residence Inn Kansas City Overland Park, 12010 Blue Valley Pkwy., +1 913 491-4444, Fax: +1 913 345-0644, [16].
• SpringHill Suites Kansas City Overland Park, 12000 Blue Valley Parkway, +1 913 491-0010, Fax: +1 913 491-9242, [17].
• Wyndham Garden Hotel Overland Park, 7000 West 108th Street, 1 913 383-2550, [18]

[edit] Contact

• Overland Park Convention and Visitor's Bureau, [19]

[edit] Stay safe

• Overland Park's crime rate is very, very low. Throw caution to the wind.

[edit] Cope

[edit] Get out

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