Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor AdventureMonument Rocks
FreeWalk among chalk buttes and arches up to 70 feet tall rising from the prairie, on private land open to respectful visitors.
Sport & OutdoorOutdoor AdventureLocal Gem
Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park
Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park is an outdoor activity in Oakley, KS. Cost: under $25.
County Road 400, north of Gold Rd, west of US-83 · Oakley, KS
Why you should go…
Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park protects the largest Niobrara Chalk formation in Kansas, with spires over 100 feet tall in a maze of narrow canyons. You can walk the quarter-mile Overlook Trail or the 1.5-mile Life on the Rocks Trail without a reservation. Going off-trail is allowed only on a guided tour, and you may spot ferruginous hawks, pronghorn and Great Plains wild buckwheat, a plant found nowhere else.
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What's around here?
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