In Wilson, you’ll find Smoky Hills scenery, deep-rooted heritage and vibrant events — plus area attractions for everyone.
September 18-19, 2026
Roots & Blues Festival
Sit back, relax and enjoy great music at this free festival featuring well-known artists, a beer garden, great food and fine company. Bring a lawn chair!
Adventure awaits! Hike, bike, hunt, fish, camp, appreciate wildlife or discover rock formations. North-central Kansas is full of opportunities to explore.
In 1865, Wilson started out as a stagecoach station. By the late 1870s and early 1880s, Czech settlers had built it into a progressive, thriving town with a Kansas Pacific Railway station, an opera house, a school, two hotels, a flour mill and many businesses and homes.
