507 East 560th Avenue
Pittsburg
Kansas, 66762
(620) 231-3173
www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/KDWP-Info/Locations/Wildlife-Areas/Region-5/Mined-Land
Mined Land Wildlife Area is a campground or RV park located in Pittsburg.
The property is 14,500 acres in size, comprised of 1,500 acres of water and 13,000 acres of land. All but 2,000 acres of the property was surface mined for coal during the 1920’s through 1974. The property is rugged country dotted with over 1,000 strip-mine lakes, steep-sided hills and dense vegetation. Unmined areas consist of mature bottomland woodland and small crop fields. The strip-mine lakes vary in size from ¼ ace to 50 acres in size with depths to 60 feet. Primary terrestrial use on the property includes hunting, hiking, camping, wildlife viewing and mushroom/berry picking. Species hunted include whitetail deer, eastern turkey, mourning dove, bobwhite quail, fox squirrel, cottontails and waterfowl.
Places to eat within 10km of Mined Land Wildlife Area include Barto's Idle Hour Steak House, Pallucca & Sons approximately 4.3 km away, Idle-a-while, Curb Side BBQ & Coney's, and Jim's Steak House.
Nearby accommodations include Smittle House, Mined Land Wildlife Area, Shoals Riverview Motel approximately 18.0 km away, T&c Wildlife Hunt Club located at 2461 Arrowhead Road, and Pomme De Terre State Park Campgrounds.