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Energy Equipment Park

High Plains Energy Equipment Display

A large outdoor museum of retired coal mining, oil drilling, and agricultural heavy equipment. You can take your photo with a coal haul truck the size of a house, a dragline bucket you could drive a car into, or the formerly biggest tire in the world. Explore however you wish because there are no amenities, staff, or paths.

Getting there: on S Garner Lake Rd across the street from the fire station just north of one of the CAM-PLEX RV parks
Price: Free

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