Editing Hays, Kansas (section)

==Parks and recreation==
The city government's Parks Department maintains 21 parks in the city. The largest is Frontier Park,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janney |first=Cristina |date=2024-05-16 |title=Newest baby bison in Hays born Tuesday, new calves include white bison |url=https://hayspost.com/posts/38c7eb13-f651-4784-aa57-fe87820789d1 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Hays Post}}</ref> located immediately south of downtown across the U.S. 183 bypass route from the Fort Hays State Historic Site.<ref name=Parks>{{cite web | title = Parks Department | publisher = City of Hays, Kansas | url = http://www.haysusa.com/html/parks_dept_.html | access-date = November 5, 2011 | archive-date = November 16, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111116085525/http://www.haysusa.com/html/parks_dept_.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Divided into eastern, western, and northern sections, it includes an 18-hole [[disc golf]] course and [[Pen (enclosure)|pens]] that are home to a herd of [[American bison]] kept at the park since 1953.<ref name=Parks/><ref>{{cite web | title = Disc Golf Courses | publisher = City of Hays, Kansas | url = http://www.haysusa.com/html/disc_golf.html | access-date = November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Bison Pens | publisher = City of Hays, Kansas | url = http://www.haysusa.com/html/bison_pens.html | access-date = November 5, 2011 | archive-date = October 18, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111018114737/http://www.haysusa.com/html/bison_pens.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> The department also maintains three baseball parks, a soccer complex, tennis courts, a roller hockey and skateboard park, and a second, 9-hole disc golf course.<ref name=Parks/> In addition, the Hays Recreation Commission manages a municipal swimming pool and a [[waterpark]], Hays Aquatic Park.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wilson Pool | publisher = City of Hays, Kansas | url = http://www.haysusa.com/html/wilson_pool.html | access-date = November 5, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111017130358/http://www.haysusa.com/html/wilson_pool.html | archive-date = October 17, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Hays Aquatic Park | publisher = City of Hays, Kansas | url = http://www.haysusa.com/html/hays_aquatic_park.html | access-date = November 5, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111017123726/http://www.haysusa.com/html/hays_aquatic_park.html | archive-date = October 17, 2011 }}</ref>

There are two [[golf course]]s in the city, Fort Hays Municipal Golf Course and Smoky Hill Country Club.<ref name=Parks/><ref>{{cite web | title = Welcome to Smoky Hill Country Club | publisher = Smoky Hill Country Club | url = http://www.smokyhillcc.com/ | access-date = November 5, 2011}}</ref> The municipal course is an 18-hole course located immediately southwest of the city, built around the Fort Hays historical site.<ref>{{cite web | title = Golf Course | publisher = City of Hays, Kansas | url = http://www.haysusa.com/html/golf_course.html | access-date = November 5, 2011 | archive-date = October 17, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111017130311/http://www.haysusa.com/html/golf_course.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Smoky Hill Country Club is a private, 18-hole course that opened in the western part of the city in 1962.<ref>{{cite web | title = Smoky Hill Country Club | publisher = Golflink | url = http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/course.aspx?course=419145 | access-date = November 5, 2011}}</ref>