About this city
Cawker City is a quiet, historic rural community situated in Mitchell County in North Central Kansas, located along the northern shores of the scenic Waconda Lake (Glen Elder Reservoir). Settled in 1870, the town served for decades as a vibrant frontier trading agricultural post along the central plains. Cawker City achieved global eccentricity and roadside fame due to Frank Stoeber, who in 1953 began rolling the World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine, an ongoing community-driven masterpiece housed prominently on the town's main street. The town features a flat plains topography adjacent to major state water recreational spaces, maintaining an authentic, slow-paced rural Americana atmosphere steeped in community agricultural preservation.
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Suggested stay: 1 day
Add your own strands to the famous World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine at the downtown open-air gazebo, walk the historic Main Street to view the painted 'Twine Trail' linking local landmarks, and enjoy extensive boating, fishing, and waterfowl hunting at the adjacent Glen Elder State Park on Waconda Lake.
