2024 Passport to Adventure KICKOFF is back!! We have been unable to meet in person for a few years due to COVID but we will host an in person Kickoff at the Independence Bass Pro Shop this Saturday March 23, 2024 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Many of the sites listed below will be present to get you and the family up to speed on activities, events, trails, visitor hours, programs, etc at locations around the greater Kansas City area. Passport Booklets will be available starting Memorial Day weekend at all participating Interpretive Site Coalition locations below.

Note: Please call sites before hand to make sure the booklets are available! they go fast!

Participating Sites:

-Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm Historic Site

-Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge, Pleasanton KS

-Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site

-Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary

-Battle of Lexington State Historic Site

-Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center

-Prairie Park Nature Center, Lawrence KS

-Prairie Oak Nature Center

-Oxford School House

-Kansas City Community Gardens, Children’s Beanstalk Garden

-Fort Osage National Historic Site

-Missouri Town 1855

-Shawnee Indian Mission

-Trailside Center

-Anita B Gorman Conservation Discovery Center

-Atkins-Johnson Farm

-Lakeside Nature Center

-Ernie Miller Park Nature Center

-Grinder Place

-Johnson County Museum

-Lanesfield School

-Mr & Mrs FL Schlagle Library

-Legler Barn – Lenexa Historical Society-Legler Barn Museum

Hope to see you there!!