Independence (Kansas)

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.

Get in
Take either US75N from Tulsa or Bartlesville or US169N from Tulsa/Coffeyville and then US160W.

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

Buy
Chains include Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Orschlins Farm & Home. There's a little strip mall by the Wal-Mart with a dollar store, shoe store, and Cato.

Downtown includes plenty of local shops, including Ace Hardware (with nick-nack section), Messengers Furniture, Twigs Floral & Gifts, and Radio Shack as well as many other shops.

Also downtown is an AT&T, US Cellular, and Verizon store - just in case you need to stop by to get your phone serviced while you're on the road traveling!

Eat
Chains restaurants include Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen, Arby's and Taco Bell.

Sleep
There are better lodging facilities in Bartlesville which is across the state line in Oklahoma and around 50 mins drive down US75.



Go next

 * Elk Lake has camping facilities and excellent trekking trails.