Flint Hills

The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, are a region of hills and prairies that lie mostly in eastern Kansas. It is named for the abundant residual flint eroded from the bedrock that lies near or at the surface.

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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Abilene and Manhattan.

Abilene

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Abilene is a city and county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,460. It is home of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and the Greyhound Hall of Fame.

Manhattan

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Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River.

Emporia

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Emporia is a city in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. It is the county seat of Lyon County and the home of Emporia State University and William Allen White.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Junction City and El Dorado.

Junction City

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Junction City is the seat of Geary County, in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. It is a small city of around 23,000 people.

El Dorado

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El Dorado is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in the central part of Butler County and located in south-central Kansas.

Wamego

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Wamego is a small city of about 1.7 square miles in size in Pottawatomie County in the Flint Hills of Northeastern Kansas.

Flint Hills

Type: Mountain
Description: landform
Also known as: “Blue Stem Hills” and “US_L3CODE:28”
Categories: landform, WWF ecoregion, and Level III ecoregion
Location: Cowley County, Kansas, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude of center

37.2834° or 37° 17′ 0″ north

Longitude of center

-96.6753° or 96° 40′ 31″ west

Elevation

1,352 feet (412 metres)

GeoNames ID

4271611

Wikidata ID

Q379070

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Flint Hills” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Флинт Хилс”
Cebuano: “Flint Hills”
Chinese: “弗林特丘陵高草地”
Chinese: “燧石山”
Dutch: “Flint Hills”
French: “Prairies d’herbes hautes des Flint Hills”
Galician: “Flint Hills”
German: “Flint Hills / Bluestem Pastures”
German: “Flint Hills”
Italian: “Flint Hills”
Japanese: “フリント・ヒルズ”
Korean: “플린트 힐스”
Portuguese: “Flint Hills”
Spanish: “Flint Hills”
Ukrainian: “Флінт-Гіллс”

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