Group: 18

(Southwest Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, southeast Nebraska)

Visited from Oct 3, 2022 to Oct 15, 2022 in Trip 6

This will be a nice "tweener" trip. By that I mean it will fit nicely as a fall or spring trip as the area will still have mostly pleasant temperatures during those times.

The trip hits the true heartland of the country, covering all of Missouri and Kansas, plus one site each in Arkansas, Nebraska, and Illinois.

The Gateway Arch in St Louis will be one of the highlights, with most of the remaining sites being historical in some manner.

Read my blog entry previewing this trip.

Park units in this group

Click on any of the parks listed below to see the page specific to that park.

Park pages for unvisited sites include information about the unit and a link to the NPS website's page.

For sites that I have visited, the park page will have my comments about the site, photos and links to both the NPS official page and my blog entry for that park visit.

The interactive map to the right shows the location of each unit. You can zoom in and move around on the map. The rectangle icon in the top right will expand the map to full screen. Clicking on any unit in the map will open a small information window. The map and icons on it are based on the same information found in the Google Earth KML files, which you can download from the Home page.

• Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park    (Topeka, KS)
• Fort Larned National Historic Site    (Larned, KS)
• Fort Scott National Historic Site    (Fort Scott, KS)
• Gateway Arch National Park    (Saint Louis, MO)
• George Washington Carver National Monument    (Diamond, MO)
• Harry S Truman National Historic Site    (Independence, MO)
• Homestead National Historical Park    (Beatrice, NE)
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site    (Springfield, IL)
• Nicodemus National Historic Site    (Nicodemus, KS)
• Ozark National Scenic Riverways    (Van Buren, MO)
• Pea Ridge National Military Park    (Pea Ridge, AR)
• Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park    (Saint Genevieve, MO)
• Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve    (Strong City, KS)
• Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site    (Saint Louis, MO)
• Wilson's Creek National Battlefield    (Republic, MO)