University Daily Kansan
Thursday, October 18, 1975
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Recreation Bicycling
By THERESE MENDENHALL
Sports Writer
Characteristic Kansas flatness and easy access to the countryside make Lawrence a desirable location.
The Mt. Oread Bicycle Club, an organization funded through sgh.USA, has mapped and rated many scenic routes of varying difficulty that can be accessed on map can be obtained through club member Gene Wee at the SUA office in the Kansas Union.
The tours are especially good for short outings and can be made on similar routes.
This is the first in a series of articles exploring the recreational activities available to University of Kansas students and faculty in and around Lawrence.
outings and can be made on similar routes.
THE MARTIN PARK tour is 10½ miles long and good for a picnic or tromp in the woods. The Lakeview tour is 12½ miles and scenic, but because the lake is private, long stops are discouraged.
To get to Martin Park and Lakeview, the club map recommends that you begin at South Park at 12th and Vermont streets and follow these directions:
Follow Vermont north to 7th Street and turn left. Ride west on 7th to Michigan and turn right. Ride north on Michigan to 2nd and turn left. Ride west on 2nd to Iowa and turn right. Ride north on Iowa to Peterson and turn left. Ride west on Peterson Road.
Staff Photo by DAVID CRENSHAW
Two miles on Peterson Road will take you to Martin Park.
TO GET TO LAKEVIEW, ride one mile on Peterson to Kasold and walk right. Ride north on Kasold to Lakeview road (438) and turn left. Ride west on Lakeview to county road 101 and turn right. Ride north on 1014 and paved the paved 2½ miles to Lakeview.
Other maps available from the bicycle club include a 6-mile tour to view 19th century houses in Lawrence, a 29-mile round trip tour to Baldwin, a 32-mile round trip tour to Lone Star Lake, a 37-mile tour to Eudora—the long way—and back, a 45-mile tour to Perry Reservoir and several longer tours of nearby cities.
Walking
When the weather is pleasant and a spur of the-moment outing sounds appealing, try taking a walk. Here are some favorite retreats of Lawrence natives:
THE KU BIOLOGICAL Reserve contains young hardwood forest, open prairie and a pond. Fishing birds such as cranes, herons and kingfishers, and many small animals and snakes, are common sights along the trails through the reserve.
The curator is helpful and willing to share his small animal collection with visitors. Visitors aren't allowed to carry out plant and animal specimens.
To get to the reserve, drive north on U.S. 59 to U.S. 10. Turn east (right) and drive $1\frac{1}{2}$ miles. Turn north (left) onto a county road and drive 2 miles. Jog left around a hillside, back right and down a hill. The entrance to the reserve on the right of the road is marked by two stone columns and a bronze plaque.
SEVERAL RAILROAD TRACKS around the forest without branched enclosure into the forest with branched enclosure into the forest.
Tracks run along both sides of the Kansas River. You can pick up the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe tracks on the south side of the river at the railroad station on the east end of 7th Street. If you cross the river on Massachusetts Street, you'll drive under the Union Pacific tracks on the north side of the river. You can turn right off Massachusetts Street and park at the
YOU CAN PICK UP an abandoned A.T.S.P track south of Lawrence by driving south on Haskell Avenue from 23rd Street or driving west from Baldwin City on U.S. 41.
There are several quiet places with lush vegetation and wildlife along the Kansas
To get to one, drive east on 15th Street and
continue along the street. Drive straight north to the
end. Drive straight north to the end.
To find another, drive north on Massachusetts Street and cross the Kaw River Bridge. Turn east (right) on Elm Street. Turn north (left) on Elm Street. Keep driving until you are on top of the bridge.
Sailing
Sailing is scenic and sometimes swift at several lakes near Lawrence. If you have your own boat, you can sail at Lone Star County State Lake and Pomoa Reservoir.
Lone Star is the only lake where sailboats can be rented. The fee is $3.50 for the first hour, $2.50 for each succeeding hour and a $5 deposit.
IF YOU DON'T OWN a boat and don't want to rent, your only option is to join the KU Sailing Club. The club owns two sunfish, five flying juniors and a 22-foot cannon
cruiser. The membership fee is $15 a semester.
Non-members are allowed to sail twice for free with a friend who's a member, but after that they must join the club. All persons who use the boats are required to wear life jackets in the degree in man-made manners, docking, a capizing drill and a man-over-board drill.
Hillel Presents
A Saturday night of
folk music and dance
Lawrence Jewish
Community Center
917 Highland Drive
Ski Trips for Every Budget Fly or Drive
Information on Accommodations in All Ski Areas
No Extra Charge for Reservations
Let Us Snow You Under
Saturday, Oct. 18
8:30
Come in time for Navdalah
Bring: voice, a lot of heart, two feet,
and 1 guitar
Sunflower Travel Service
703 Massachusetts 842-4000
Selling something? Call us. The Kansan's ad number is 864-4358.
A Law School Information Meeting for ALL Interested KU Students (both undergraduates and graduate):
"Everything You've Wanted to Know about Law School But Were Afraid to Ask."
Speakers will include Dean Dickinson faculty members and students at the KU Law School. Discussion will center upon Law School in general and KU in particular.
A question and answer session will be held at the end.
Tonite, October 16
8:15 P.M.
Big 8 Room Kansas Union