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Old 02-04-2015, 07:03 PM
 
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I have been pretty interested in the kc area for awhile. I am really only familiar with the Missouri side. However my employer has a few openings on the ks side but none on Mo side. Does the Kansas side have similar rolling hills geography ? What about parks and bike trails ?
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Old 02-04-2015, 07:21 PM
 
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No, it's more level and more wide-open the farther you get from the rivers. We have hills in Mission, but it looks like empty prairie in places around Olathe.

The big bike trail/park is the Mill Creek Streamway park stretching from the Kansas River to Olathe.
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Old 02-04-2015, 08:12 PM
 
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Lots of parks and bike trails on the Kansas side. Indian Creek trail/Tomahawk Creek trail is a whole lot of hiking/biking trail.

http://www.opkansas.org/wp-content/u...p.pdf?&redir=1
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Old 02-04-2015, 08:34 PM
 
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I have been pretty interested in the kc area for awhile. I am really only familiar with the Missouri side. However my employer has a few openings on the ks side but none on Mo side. Does the Kansas side have similar rolling hills geography ? What about parks and bike trails ?
It shouldn't be a problem. The geography is pretty similar on both sides. Both sides are nice and hilly.
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Old 02-04-2015, 09:59 PM
 
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It really depends on your proximity to rivers and streamways.
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Old 02-05-2015, 05:13 AM
 
Location: Washington, DC area
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It really depends on your proximity to rivers and streamways.
This.

There is a difference, but it really just depends. Most of the "built up" (Johnson County) portion of the Kansas side is much flatter than the MO side. KCK is very similar to the Missouri side, but it's not well developed, so you really can't take advantage of the topography there.

Having said that, there are suburban bike trails and nice parks all across metro area.

Most of the trails in Johnson County are along streams which have mature trees and go through well developed areas that also have good tree cover. There are also quite a few hills in some stretches of the indian creek trails north of 435, a few of them are really quite steep and fun. As you go further south toward Olathe, they do flatten out and get into more wide open areas with less trees. Shawnee Mission Park also has some nice long hills. Lawrence is a quick drive for some of the best single track and paved trail riding in the region as well.
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Old 02-05-2015, 07:57 AM
 
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I have been pretty interested in the kc area for awhile. I am really only familiar with the Missouri side. However my employer has a few openings on the ks side but none on Mo side. Does the Kansas side have similar rolling hills geography ? What about parks and bike trails ?
Everyone's responses have been good, but it's hard to advise you here without more specific information. Where are your employer's Kansas locations exactly?

Many, many people work on the Kansas side and live on the Missouri side, and vice-versa. So the most important thing to know, for starters, is where you might be working.
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Old 02-05-2015, 08:48 AM
 
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Most of the "built up" (Johnson County) portion of the Kansas side is much flatter than the MO side.
True. I always thought that rocky hilly timbered area around Swope Park sort of resembles the Ozarks.
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