The World's Largest Ball of Twine - Kansas Roadside Attraction

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The World's Largest Ball of Twine is a unique Kansas roadside attraction. Located in Cawker City, it has received visitors from around the world.

It is made from sisal twine and has a circumference of 40 feet. Visitors can visit a mini-museum and purchase souvenirs. There is also a twine winder t-shirt to wear while you visit.

Visitors can also buy souvenir travel plates made from a satellite dish. The ball has been featured in several television shows. A Wall Street Journal article highlighted the unusual attraction, leading thousands of out-of-state visitors to the town.

The ball has been a community project for the town of 500 people. Volunteers bring out lengths of twine and add them to the ball. The total is added to the official tally at the end of the year.

In recent years, the World's Largest Ball of Twine has become one of the heaviest roadside attractions. Visitors can add their lengths of twine to the ball at any time.

The Twine of the City hosts an annual "twine-a-thon" festival. Thousands of twine are used during the event. Visitors are encouraged to add their twine lengths and help lengths of twine and help to build the ball. This event is held on the third Saturday of August.

Clover, the self-described keeper of the ball, lives near the ball. She sometimes envies cosmopolitan visitors. Her twine ball weighs 19,000 pounds and has 7.9 million feet of twine.

Written by Bill Zimmerman - Source of this content comes from The East Coast Traveler