Western Vistas Historic Byway
Kansas Scenic Byway 99 mi in Kansas.
About the Western Vistas Historic Byway
The plains now filled with oceans of prairie and waves of amber grain once looked very different for ancient eyes. Kansas was once a vast inland sea filled to the brim with aquatic life. When the water receded, erosion and a little bit of luck, left behind patches of otherworldly landscapes and formations that will make your jaw drop to the former deep-sea floor. The rugged landscape of the Western Vistas Historic Byway blends with the historic , and pre-historic , to create an adventure unlike any other. To learn more, please visit the Western Vistas Historic Byway Website .
Kansas Tourism, Kansas Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on travelks.com.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 14 · on the roadHistoric Lake Scott State Park · State park · 158 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.