Your browser is not supported for this experience. We recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Welcome to the "Badlands of Kansas" — acres of land halfway between Oakley and Scott City that will transform your idea of what the shortgrass prairie should look like.
This eruption of Niobrara chalk formations is something everyone should experience. The formations consist of chalk sediment deposited 80 million years ago when a sea covered much of Kansas. The badlands are world-famous for their well-preserved fossils.
Little Jerusalem is also home to the single largest population of Great Plains wild buckwheat, an endemic plant found nowhere else in the world. Please refer to the calendar to learn more about when guided tours and off-trail hiking are available at Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park.
The Niobrara chalk formation, rich in fossils, some reaching up…. Camp out in Russell Springs at the camp ground. There is no charge for primitive camping sites.
This two story renaissance-style structure of brick and stone with mansard roof was originally the Logan County Courthouse. Now it…. The Tribune Theater was built in the s and has long served as gathering point for the Greeley County area and beyond.
