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Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park, Oakley, KS
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Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park

Hike two short trails to overlooks above white chalk spires and canyons, the largest Niobrara Chalk formation in Kansas.

County Road 400, north of Gold Rd, west of US-83 · Oakley, KS

About Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park

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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