Explore Southwest Kansas

The High Plains of southwest Kansas, bisected by part of the Arkansas River Lowlands, are known for farmland and feedlots. But geologic sites of interest include two large sinkholes known as Big Basin and Little Basin; Point of Rocks, a high outcrop once important to travelers on the Santa Fe Trail's Cimarron Cutoff because it signaled water was nearby; Meade State Park, in an area once known for its artesian wells; and Clark State Fishing Lake, where the boundary between Cretaceous and Permian rocks is visible.