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The park is just outside of town and provides opportunities for boating, fishing, hiking, hunting, and camping.
Clinton State Park is a 1,500-acre (610 ha) public recreation area located on the north shore of Clinton Lake at the western edge of Lawrence, Kansas, United States. An extensive hiking/biking trail system make this park and adjacent 9,200-acre (3,700 ha) wildlife area an attractive destination for outdoors enthusiasts including hikers, nature photographers, mountain bicyclists, wildflower enthusiasts, wildlife observers, and cross-country skiers. The park is the former home of the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival and the Ironman Kansas 70.3 triathlon.
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"The Phog"
Historic Allen Fieldhouse was built in 1955, named after Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, the most successful coach in Kansas basketball history, and recognized nationally as the "father of basketball coaching". The court is named after James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball, who was also the first basketball coach at KU (and ironically the only men's head coach who ended his KU tenure with a losing record).
Locally known as "KU", and built on Mount Oread. Campus is simply beautiful and has been called "one of the most picturesque campuses in all of America." Walk around and enjoy a picnic next to Potter Lake, or visit historic Allen Fieldhouse on Naismith Drive, or Kansas Memorial Stadium on Fambrough Drive. Several of the buildings on campus are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Kansas World War I Memorial Stadium
Home of the Kansas football team, Memorial Stadium is situated just north of Potter Lake, at the base of Campanile Hill, in the heart of Lawrence. Along with football games, the stadium also hosts summer movie nights, free of charge, open to the public. However, the stadium will be closed for the 2024 football season during renovations. The Jayhawks will play their 2024 home games in the two Kansas Cities, with non-conference games at Children's Mercy Park (home to Major League Soccer's Sporting Kansas City) in Kansas and conference games in Missouri at the Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium.
See the Panorama of North American Mammals and Comanche, the famous horse.
community-run library of over 4,000 rare & radical books and zines).