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