Post Rock Scenic Byway
Post Rock Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Kansas. Within Kansas it covers roughly 15 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Post Rock Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Kansas's Post Rock Scenic Byway runs 18 miles on K-232 between Lucas and Wilson, crossing Ellsworth, Lincoln, and Russell Counties from I-70 north to K-18. It's named for the thousands of limestone fence posts that dot the surrounding fields, carved by 19th-century pioneers who had no timber on these treeless plains and turned instead to quarrying and shaping local limestone. Charles Sawyer set the first row of stone fence posts just northwest of Wilson Lake in 1873, launching a fencing tradition that German, Scandinavian, and Czechoslovakian immigrant settlers carried across the region for decades, from Lucas, the 'Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas,' to Wilson, the 'Czech Capital of Kansas.' Rolling hills, creeks, and native prairie frame the drive, but the real draw is the sheer density of hand-cut stone posts still standing in fields that have used them, in some cases, for a century and a half.
- Limestone fence posts
- Lucas Grassroots Art Capital
- 18 miles
- Wilson Czech Capital
- Charles Sawyer 1873
- K-232
- Ellsworth-Lincoln-Russell Counties
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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 Post Rock Scenic Byway
4 campgrounds and RV parks sit within about 5 miles of Post Rock Scenic Byway.
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