2023年1月24日 · View of Santa Fe Trail Tracks (Dodge City Ruts) from the road. North side of US Hwy 50, 11 miles west of Dodge City. This site features some of the best examples of Santa Fe Trail ruts as well as the remains of the Eureka Irrigation Canal (Soule Canal). National Historic Landmark; National Register of Historic Sites. Boot Hill Museum.

2021年1月20日 · The Santa Fe, Oregon, and California national historic trails (NHTs) passed through "New Santa Fe" in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Visit to see rare urban trail ruts and what’s left of a town created by trail traffic.

The Santa Fe Trail Tracks, from the pioneers' actual prairie schooner wheels, can still be seen. Plus, you get the actual "experience" at this location of seeing . . . nothing. Truly nothing except the rolling hills of the High Plains.

2023年7月17日 · For over 60 years, horses and wagons wore deep groves in this land just north of the Arkansas River. These Santa Fe Trail tracks are all that remain. From the parking lot, walk uphill about 100 yards for a good view of the overlook. Then proceed walking north across a series of small bridges.

Nine miles west of Dodge City you can see the most clearly defined rut trails, still visible after almost 150 years. The site is nestled among the gently rolling hills of the Kansas plains, where the breeze moves the grasses and the peace of nature accompanies this …

2020年10月27日 · Explore history first hand and see real ruts left by countless wagons on this legendary trail. The trail ruts site is about 5.5 miles one-way on gravel roads. You can pick up directions at the Visitor Center, or use the directions below. You can also find a map in the location section below.

The Santa Fe Trail Remains, also known as Santa Fe Trail Ruts, are a two-mile (3 km) section of the former 1,200-mile (1,900 km) long Santa Fe Trail, described as the "longest continuous stretch of clearly defined Santa Fe Trail rut remains in Kansas."

The Santa Fe Trail Association is composed of people of all ages and walks of life who are bound together by an interest in the fascinating saga of the Trail, and an interest in preserving its many physical traces and landmarks that still exist upon the face of the American West.

On a clear spring day, a sharp observer can still discern the wagon-wheel ruts of the Santa Fe Trail wending their way across the prairie. The cultural legacies of this historic trade route, which saw its heaviest use between the 1820s and 1870s, remain just as distinct.

2017年11月5日 · This National Historic Landmark preserves what is the longest and best-preserved section of the Santa Fe Trail, which connected Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, Mexico (present-day New Mexico). It is one of the most important trails in the country's history.