Sparks Flea Market — Local services in Troy

A fun place to go! Sparks and White Cloud have semi-annual flea markets and city-wide sales. They are fun to go and walk around just to see what you can find. They have food and beverage vendors/food trucks in addition to the thousands of things for sale. My only issue is when we went this year, it had been raining and it was so muddy that it was hard to get to everything without getting stuck deep in mud. That also meant half the parking areas were inaccessible so it was a madhouse trying to find parking and get out when it was time to leave. So, if the weather has been crummy, it gets a little more difficult to enjoy but it was still really fun! Definitely something to attend at least once! Prices have really increased over the years due to inflation. If you go to Sparks, you might as well go 10 minutes up the road to White Cloud and see the 4 corner state lookout! You can see 4 states at once - Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa. Really cool to go and take pictures! See a few of my pictures...

A lot of junk .. the things that are worth something they're asking three times the price.. these are professional flea market people that travel all around and the stuff that is good has traveled around with them ..so they're all beat up.. example there is a little Harley-Davidson mini motorcycle they were asking what it was worth running in good shape ...but it was all beat up plus half the stuff was missing..not worth it.. And the professional flea market people all have attitudes like their stuff is really...

Super busy, super big outdoor flea market. Parking is done on the streets, so be careful if you have a small car etc as some of those shoulder dropoffs are quite large!

Other than parking, this was a truly awesome flea market experience! Tons of stuff everywhere, lots of vendors on hand with a good mix of stuff, and enough food vendors to keep everyone happy.

Overall this was a great escape for the weekend, and we were able to find lots of very unique pieces for our collection. We are looking forward to the...