Overland Park

Overland Park is a city in northeastern Kansas within the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is a melting-pot of both urban and suburban living. With 197,000 residents (2020), it is one of the most affluent cities in the U.S.

Understand
Overland Park is the largest community in Johnson County.

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

By bus
There is a bus to the overland park campus from Lawrence k-10-connector.

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.

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 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), or expect to be sitting there at least an hour. State Line is the street directly between Kansas and Missouri, thus the name. One strange road name is College Blvd, but is mainly due to Johnson County Community College in western Overland Park. College Blvd is 111th Street, despite the confusing name. 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 I-35 (north) and 199th St (south) and State Line (east) and Quivira (west).

By bus
The RideKC from Kansas City also runs in Overland Park, read more there Kansas City. The transit stops are on google transit and searchable there, except for the k-10 connector.

Learn

 * Johnson County Community College is located at the intersection of College Blvd. and Quivira Rd. With 35,000 students, JCCC offers both 2-year and 4-year programs.  Also, the campus is host to the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, as well as an on-site food court and several coffee-shops.

Work

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

Buy
There are two main shopping districts within Overland Park. If you want to venture north to Kansas City there is also the famous Crowne Center and Country Club Plaza which are especially beautiful around Christmas time when they are lit up with thousands of Christmas lights.


 * Scheels. Sporting goods shopping center with many goods and pieces of equipment for sale.
 * Scheels. Sporting goods shopping center with many goods and pieces of equipment for sale.
 * Scheels. Sporting goods shopping center with many goods and pieces of equipment for sale.

Cope
There are many churches in the area with many different denominations, although unity churches are very prominent. You can look in the local section of the Kansas City Star to find the location of one near you.