The Sunflower State will offer over 570 miles of ADT. Most of the route through Kansas will follow the steps of the pioneers along the Santa Fe Trail. Kansas was admitted to statehood January 29, 1861, as the 34th state of the union. Kansas will be the 9th state we encounter on our hike....To learn more about the State of Kansas simply click on the highlighted links throughout this article.
Kansas:
The Sunflower State will offer over 570 miles of ADT. Most of the route through Kansas will follow the steps of the pioneers along the Santa Fe Trail. Kansas was admitted to statehood January 29, 1861, as the 34th state of the union. Kansas will be the 9th state we encounter on our hike....To learn more about the State of Kansas simply click on the highlighted links throughout this article.
For General Kansas Information check out: Kansas: States of the ADT
The Geography of Kansas: http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ks_geography.htm
Tomahawk Creek Greenway Trail: https://www.leawood.org/parks/pginfo.asp
Overland Park Trail: http://www.opcvb.org/visitor/hike-bike.html
Shawnee Indian Mission: http://www.kshs.org/places/shawnee/
Corporate Woods Founders Park: http://www.opkansas.org/_res/Parks_and_Recreation/Places/Parks/Park_Shelters/cwoods.cfm
Indian Creek Trail: http://www.opcvb.org/visitor/hike-bike.html
Mill Creek Trail: http://www.jcprd.com/parks_facilities/mill_creek.cfm
DeSoto: http://www.desotoks.us/
Eudora: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora,_Kansas
Lawrence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas
University of Kansas: http://www.ku.edu/
Clinton Lake State Park: http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/state_parks/locations/clinton
Ottawa: http://www.ottawakansas.net/
Pomona: http://www.pomonaks.com/
Pomona Lake Management Recreation Area: http://packyourgear.com/Kansas/Pomona-Lake.aspx
Osage City: http://www.osagecity.com/
Council Grove: http://www.councilgrove.com/
Madonna of the Trail: http://www.councilgrove.com/mad_trl.htm http://www.route40.net/history/madonnas/ks.shtml
Old Kaw Mission and Museum: http://www.councilgrove.com/kaw_msn.htm
Herington: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Herington/history.html
Flint Hills: http://nature.org/wherewework/fieldguide/projectprofiles/fhk.html
Cottonwood River: http://www.lasr.net/pages/city.php?City_ID=KS0102009&VA=Y&Attraction_ID=KS0102009a003
Durham: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Durham/
Maxwell State Game Refuge: http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/kdwp_info/locations/wildlife_areas/region_4/maxwell_wildlife_refuge
Smoky Hills: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/smoky/places.html
McPherson County State Lake: http://www.naturalkansas.org/maxwell.htm
McPherson: http://www.mcphersonks.org/
McPherson Museum: http://www.oldmillmuseum.org/
Great Plains: http://www.gpnc.org/
Lyons: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Lyons/
Coronado-Quivira Museum: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Lyons/museum/
Ellinwood: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Ellinwood/
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area: http://www.cheyennebottoms.net/about_cheyenne_bottoms.html
Great Bend: http://www.greatbendks.net/
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.fws.gov/quivira/
Pawnee Rock State Monument: http://www.kshs.org/places/pawneerock/index.htm
Larned: http://larned.org/
Santa Fe Trail Center Museum: http://www.larned.net/chamber/tourism/sftc/sftc.htm
Fort Larned National Historic Site: http://www.nps.gov/fols/
Arkansas River: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River http://www.stjohnks.net/santafetrail/wagonbed/arkansascrossing.html
Kinsley: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Kinsley/
Ford: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford,_Kansas
Dodge City: http://www.skyways.org/orgs/fordco/dodgecity.html
Cimarron: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Cimarron/
Garden City: http://www.garden-city.org/
Garden City State Game Preserve: http://www.lasr.net/pages/city.php?City_ID=KS1004006&VA=Y&Attraction_ID=KS1004006a009
Deerfield: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerfield,_Kansas
Lake McKinney: http://abyss.kgs.ku.edu/pls/abyss/pubcat.phd1.View_Photo?f_id=2198&f_hd=Y
Lakin: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Lakin/index.html
Syracuse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_Kansas
Coolidge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolidge,_Kansas