Explore the State
From sweeping High Plains to rolling hill vistas to tucked away springs and caves, Kansas offers a subtly diverse range of sites of interest, both geologic and other.
Northwest Kansas
Rugged canyons, towering chalk formations, reservoirs and bluffs, short-grass prairies, the highest point in the state...
Southwest Kansas
Sinkholes, remnants of artesian wells, a high rock outcrop that signaled water to travelers on the Santa Fe Trail...
North-Central Kansas
Mushroom-shaped rocks, huge sandstone spheres, a towering butte named for a 16th century Spanish explorer...
South-Central Kansas
Salt marsh and wetland stopovers for migrating waterfowl, Red Hills, sand hills, transition from lush eastern prairie to semi-arid western grasslands...
Flint Hills
Native tallgrass prairie, rock-capped hills, marine fossils, limestone buildings and bridges...
Northeast Kansas
Massive quartzite boulders deposited by glaciers, a water stop on the Oregon Trail, evidence of ancient seas...
Southeast Kansas
Rolling cuestas, flat river valleys, Ozarks of Kansas, remnants of lead, zinc, and coal mining...
Physiographic Regions
Another way to see the state is to explore the state's physiographic regions. Geologists have divided Kansas into 11 different regions based on common landscape features and geologic history.
