My family will be making a road trip from northern KY to Colorado during late June or mid July and will be traversing KS along I-70. We have an 11 and 7 yr old who will need regular breaks in the driving. What sites can you recommend that we see? If it involves an overnight stay, that could work out well also.
What to see along I-70 this summer?
There are a great many places.
Places I would particularly recommend include Rolling Hills Zoo in Hayes, the various quirky grassroots arts attractions in Lucas, Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays and either or both of Monuments Rocks %26amp; Castle Rock Badlands farther west.
http://www.kansastravel.org/ has pages devoted to all of these.
What to see along I-70 this summer?
If you have any interest in American history the Eisenhower library and museum in Abilene are worth a visit. Also the Cathedral of the Plains at Victoria would be worth a short stop. It is about mid-way between Russell and Hays. This is Wild Bill Hickok and General Custer territory. Hickok was a marshal there and Custer%26#39;s troops were sent to protect the workers building the railroad.
Something of interest along the road are the limestone fence posts. When the first settlers came here there were no trees to use for fence posts so they cut ones from the nearby limestone deposits.
Check out this link to find many ideas for your trip on I-70 through Kansas.
http://www.travelks.com/s/index.cfm?aid=118
It is an I-70 Ready Made Adventure from Kansas%26#39; Travel and Tourism website. There is also a Family Fun Ready Made Adventure that features kid-friendly attractions, many of which are also located on I-70.
You can find tons of travel information from their site at www.travelks.com.
You will also find some good information here: http://www.visitkansas-i70.com/
Hope this helps!
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