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Cheyenne Bottoms is a wetland in the central Great Plains of North America. Occupying approximately 41,000 acres (170 km 2; 64 sq mi) in central Kansas, it is the largest wetland in the interior United States. [3] [4] The Bottoms is a critical stopping point on the Central Flyway for millions of birds which migrate through the region annually. [5]
Mostly forest (1007 acres total), but also has a nice mix of 30 wildlife food plots (30 acres total), 5 native warm season grass fields (20 acres total) and 10 acres (40,000 m 2) of old fields. Facilities/features: camping area, picnic area, 9 fishable lakes and ponds : 1,118 452: Scott
Twenty-one miles (34 km) of canals have been constructed to create additional marshland. The Refuge has 34 wetlands from 10 to 1,500 acres (6.1 km 2) in size totaling 7,000 acres (28 km 2). [5] The wetlands have high salt levels. Quivira also has about 13,000 acres (53 km 2) of sand dunes covered with prairie grasses.
In the bitter fight over development near Cheyenne Bottoms, neighbors are still finding common ground Proposed solar project strains the bonds that unite a rural Kansas community Skip to main content
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Monkey Mountain Conservation Area: This area has 800 acres (3.2 km 2) of mostly forested bluffs above the Missouri River and 780 acres (3.2 km 2) of Missouri River floodplain. This area also has stream frontage along the Missouri and Nodaway Rivers. 1,624 acres 657 ha: Holt
Hiking columnist Susan Anderson likes to visit Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve in winter to see things hidden by summer foliage.
This 1,348-acre (5.46 km 2) area includes an ancient oxbow lake (Cooley Lake), which was once the main channel of the Missouri River, and also wetlands, croplands, and a forested bluff. The area also has access to the Missouri River. Facilities/features: Disabled acce : 1,337 acres 541 ha: Clay