Cimarron National Grassland

Great place to spend a day.

Get a map from the USDA rangers office and you can easily find all the major attractions the unique place has to offer. Roads are well marked and the major roads seem to be graded on a regular basis. ...

Great access to the Dry Cimarron. Excellent birding and prairie ecology viewing

Stop by the HQ in Elkhart and pick up a auto tour loop map and talk to the visitor services specialist, she's great and has a wealth of info. The drive iteself (including Middle Spring, Recreation Are...

More Adventure on the Santa Fe Trail

I traversed the Cimarron National Grasslands from the eastern edge north of the Cimarron River as far west as i could until I hit private posted land. At numerous places you can still see the swales l...

Looking for birds

Cimarron National Grasslands takes a special kind of understanding. It is not lush. It is remote. The wind tends to blow. Summer can be incredibly hot, winter dangerously cold. Dust storms, h...

A gem on the high plains

There is almost no public land in Kansas. Here in the SW part of the state is the only large piece of public land. It has lovely prairie grasses that extend as far as the eye can see. The river bottom...