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8 ELEMENTS OF KANSAS RURAL CULTURE

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SCENIC DRIVE

Meade County Landscape

On the cusp of the Red Hills and High Plains physiographic regions,…

📍 Around the county, Meade County

LAKE

Meade State Park and Fishing Lake

This was the first designated state lake in Kansas, carved out of…

📍 Meade County

HIKING

Melvern Riverfront Parks and Trails

Ten unpaved trails, some primitive and all less than a mile long,…

📍 Melvern, Osage County

CURIOSITY

Midway USA

A sign on the west edge of town states that Kinsley is…

📍 Kinsley, Edwards County

TOWNSITE

Milford Dam

In 1961 the citizens of Milford voted to relocate the community to…

📍 Milford, Geary County

NATURE CENTER

Milford Nature Center & Fish Hatchery

Inside are nature exhibits, and outside is a Kansas-themed playground complete with…

📍 Milford, Geary County

HISTORIC BRIDGE

Mill Creek Pratt Truss Bridge

A beautiful setting entices you to park, get out of your car,…

📍 Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County

SCENIC DRIVE

Mined Land Scenic Back Road

You leave the blacktop at your first turn (north on 100) to…

📍 Cherokee, Crawford County

8 WONDERS OF KANSAS GEOGRAPHY FINALIST

Mined Land Wildlife Area

From the 1920s to 1974, only 2,000 acres of this 13,000-acre property…

📍 West Mineral, Cherokee County

CURIOSITY

Mission Mount

Although having a street name, Mission Mount, off Elm between 17th and…

📍 Hays, Ellis County

GEOGRAPHY

Missouri River

The river once flowed at the foot of the bluffs near Doniphan,…

📍 Doniphan, Doniphan County

GEOGRAPHY

Monte Casino Marker

A large 1940s hilltop sandstone marker designates the site of Monte Casino…

📍 Ashland, Clark County

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