After riding and checking out a fairly new nature rail-to-trail having one end of it in Topeka, I found three other city trails nearby. They are described below. Landon Nature Trail Shunga Trail Deer Creek Trail Lake Shawnee Trail 1. Landon Nature Trail (10-miles open). This rail-to-trail (still being developed southward) begins at 15th and Monroe Streets, next to the Brown v. Board of Education Historical Building and a public park. Basically this trail runs north and south, and will be 38-miles long when completed at the site of Lomax Junction just west of Pomona, KS. Although this trail is being built mostly with private donations, it is done under the Kansa Rail Trail Conservancy. Topeka is taking care of the portion within its city limits.Its first mile from 15th to 25th street is double-wide concrete-paved. From there, it gets fairly rough for about 3-miles, with a mixed surface of dirt, grass, sand, rock, and crushed granite rock. Apparently, this section is that way because three short walk-your-bike-across bridges there are not finished yet. A fourth one has just been completed. Still, this section is passable. Current
