Kanopolis State Park is located in the Smoky Hills region of the U.S. state of Kansas. The park is located southwest of the city of Salina, just south of I-70. It contains a reservoir, desert plants such as yucca, a prairie dog town, and sandstone canyons.
The park, completed in 1948, includes more than 22,000 acres (89 km<sup>2</sup>) of rolling hills, bluffs and woods and a 3000 acre (12 km<sup>2</sup>) lake, offering hunting, fishing, over 25 miles (40 km) of trails, and other recreational activities. Game includes pheasant, quail, prairie chickens, deer, beaver, wild turkey, squirrels, rabbits, coyotes and waterfowl; fishing for white bass and crappie is popular. A small, outlier population of western diamondback rattlesnake is present in the park.
The following are components of Kanopolis State Park recreation area: