Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Glacial Hills Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Kansas. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Glacial Hills Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Kansas's Glacial Hills Scenic Byway runs 63 miles on K-7 from Fort Leavenworth north to White Cloud on the Nebraska border. Along the way it crosses Leavenworth, Atchison, and Doniphan Counties. The rolling hills and rock-strewn valleys along the route were carved by ancient glaciers, giving the byway its name, and the road roughly parallels the Missouri River along the same path Lewis and Clark traveled in 1804, a corridor the National Park Service has designated the official route of the Lewis and Clark Trail. The expedition camped near a creek in present-day Atchison and celebrated the country's first Independence Day west of the Mississippi there on July 4, 1804. Fifty years later, the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act opened this same land to settlement. Along the way, Atchison also claims Amelia Earhart as a native daughter, and historic communities like Highland, Troy, and White Cloud add river views, old barns, and railroad history to a drive already dense with Lewis and Clark connections.
- Lewis and Clark Trail
- Fort Leavenworth
- 63 miles
- Atchison (Amelia Earhart)
- July 4, 1804 camp
- White Cloud
- Missouri River
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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.
Where to Stay along Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
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