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For more information about Kansas Scenic Byways, contact:

Kansas Department of Transportation
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, KS 66603-3754

Sue Stringer
KDOT Local Byway Liaison
785-296-8669
800-684-6966

Scott Shields
KDOT State Byway Coordinator
785-296-0853

Glacial Hills Scenic Byway sample itinerary

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Begin your Glacial Hills Scenic Byway Journey at Leavenworth. Tour the historic Fort (identification is required at the gate). Take the walking/drive historic wayside tour of some of the historic places in the community.

Continue your byway journey at the Atchison Visitors Center and Museum in the former Santa Fe Train Depot. The staff will assist you in arranging tours of the beautiful homes and museums in Atchison and a tour of the cemetery where many of Kansas' early political leaders are buried.

Be sure to see the Amelia Earhart crop art by Stan Herd and her birthplace museum.

The byway extends north through the hills formed by glacial movement into Doniphan County. Stop at the Convention and Visitors Bureau to get details of a historic barn tour.

Continue the journey north to White Cloud and climb to the top of the hill for a view of four states and the Missouri River.

For more information about the attractions above, contact:

Leavenworth Convention and Visitors Bureau
1-913-682-4113
Atchison Tourism Bureau
1-913-367-2427
Doniphan County Chamber of Commerce
1-913-365-2604

For more information about the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway, contact:

Gary Satter
Glacial Hills Resource Conservation & Development
Valley Falls, KS
gary.satter@ks.usda.gov
or
Connie Hachenberg
Leavenworth Convention & Visitors Bureau Leavenworth, KS
connie.cvb@sbcglobal.net
or
Stan Lawson
Atchison Convention and Visitors Bureau
Atchison, KS
913-367-2427
marketing@atchisonkansas.net

EXPLORE THIS BYWAY

Length: 63 miles

SITES OF INTEREST
South to north

Leavenworth County
Leavenworth


Atchison County
Atchison


Doniphan County
Troy
Sparks
White Cloud

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