Flint Hills Scenic Byway

Flint Hills Scenic Byway

Parks Directory of the United States / National Scenic Byways

Address: c/o Flint Hills Scenic Byway Committee
PO Box 387
Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845
Phone: 620-273-8686;
Web: www.ksbyways.org/flint/index.html Description: Byway offers panoramic vistas of the tallgrass prairie and an opportunity to learn what early pioneers experienced as they travelled the Santa Fe Trail. Areas of interest along the route feature: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve; historic sites in Council Grove including the Kaw Mission State Historic Site and Museum, Council Oak, Santa Fe Trail, Old Cowboy Jail, Post Office Oak and Museum; and Cottonwood Falls, site of the Chase County Courthouse (in operation since 1873) and the Roniger Native American Museum.
Legth: 48 miles. Start/Endpoint: Crosses the Flint Hills of Kansas on SH 177 between Council Grove and Cassoday. Time to Allow: 1 hour. Designation/Year: National Scenic Byway (2005).

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