While staying at Lake Scott State Park, we took a drive around some local scenery, including Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork, Monument Rocks, Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park, and Lake Scott itself, including an El Cuartelejo pueblo.
An interactive map of our route:
We started heading south from our campsite, visiting the El Cuartelejo pueblo, the northernmost and easternmost pueblo in the country:
Steele House museum:
Monument of the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork, the site of the last battle between Indians and the United States Army in the state of Kansas:
Battle Canyon:
An interesting canyon along the road:
Monument Rocks, some impressive chalk formations:
Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park:
We walked along the quarter mile overlook trail, instead of the longer trail, since it was almost 100°F:
Little Pyramids rocks:
Back to Lake Scott State Park; here’s the lake overflow area (it is an artificial lake):
A view across the lake towards our campground:
A peek of the rear of our coach:
An interesting drive. Who knew Kansas had such scenery?!