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Previous State Champion Cottonwood Tree

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Records are always challenged to be broken, but at one time this tree carried the distinction of the state of Kansas Champion Cottonwood Tree...

Clapboard Ravine Drive

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This is a beautiful scenic seven mile drive through the Flint Hills. This drive starts just north of Alma on the gravel road heading...

Mt. Sunflower

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Mt. Sunflower was designated as Kansas highest point in 1961. A United States Geological Survey officially plotted the elevation at 4039 feet. True...

Middle Springs

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A short distance east of Point of Rocks is Middle Springs, a small oasis on the prairie where water rises from an ever-flowing artesian...

Indian Mound

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Indian Mound, a prominent point west of Lakin, Kansas, stands as it did many years ago when Joseph C. Brown, a government engineer and...

Maxwell Springs

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Maxwell Springs is believed to have been a water source for travelers through Nemaha County, including Pony Express riders. This is evident by the...

Pallasite Meteorite

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Half iron and half stone, the meteorite weighs in at 1000 lbs. and is on display in the Big Well Museum at the Big...

Santa Fe “Companion” Trail

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The Cimarron National Grassland near Elkhart, Kansas, contains 23 miles of the Santa Fe Trail's Cimarron Route, the longest Trail segment on public land....

Rock City

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The rocks at Rock City are huge sandstone concretions in an area about the size of two football fields, 200 rocks--some as large as...

Caves

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There are over 235 known caves on private land in southeast Comanche County. They are in the northern part of the Permian Basin, a...