Flint Hills Scenic Byway
Flint Hills Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Kansas. Within Kansas it covers roughly 45 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Flint Hills Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
This byway crosses the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas, the largest remaining expanse of tallgrass prairie in North America — too rocky to plow, so it was never broken. It passes the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Cottonwood Falls, where bison again roam grass that can grow head-high by late summer. The open, rolling sea of grass is especially striking under big prairie skies.
- tallgrass prairie
- Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
- bison herd
- Cottonwood Falls
- rolling Flint Hills
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.