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The Rolling Hills Zoo is a medium-sized zoo near Salina, Kansas. It is located in rural Saline County, 6.0 miles (9.7 km) west of the I-70 and I-135 interchange, and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of I-70 Exit 244 through the unincorporated community of Hedville. It houses over 100 species of animals in a number of exhibits.
Explorer Zebulon Pike first coined the name the Flint Hills in 1806 when he entered into his journal, "passed very ruff flint hills". The underlying bedrock of the hills is a flinty limestone. The largest town in the area is Manhattan, Kansas, and the hills can be accessed from the Flint Hills Scenic Byway, which passes through the region.
Flint Hills Scenic Byway is a portion of K-177 located in the Flint Hills region of the state, stretching from Interstate 35 at Cassoday north to US-56 at Council Grove. Along the byway there are rolling hills and some of the only tallgrass prairie left in North America. It is a National Scenic Byway. The section of K-177 from I-70 north to K ...
K-111 travels through mostly flat rural farmlands south of K-140, and small rolling hills covered with grasslands north of K-140. It is a two-lane highway its entire length. [3] Before state highways were numbered in Kansas, there were auto trails. The highway crosses the former Golden Belt at its junction with K-140.
The Osage Hills is a hilly area in Oklahoma, commonly known as The Osage. The name refers to the broad rolling hills and rolling tallgrass prairie and Cross Timbers encompassing Osage County and surrounding areas, including portions of Mayes, Tulsa, Washington and Kay Counties. The Osage is the southern extension of the Flint Hills of Kansas.
Rolling Hills Zoo is joining the trend of holiday lights at zoos across the United States, but here in Salina, there's a unique twist.. Each evening on Friday and Saturday until Dec. 21, visitors ...
East-Central Kansas is a region of Kansas. It is located between the Kansas City metropolitan area and Southeast Kansas, and on the border with Missouri. The region extends westward towards the Flint Hills to Lyon County. East-Central Kansas geographically features rolling hills and deep forested river valleys.
K-27 advances north through rolling hills for about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) then curves northwest and crosses Cherry Creek .8 miles (1.3 km) later. The highway then curves north and passes through a combination of rolling hills and flat farmland for 2.7 miles (4.3 km) then crosses Fish Creek.