Destinations · Kansas
KS · 39.5625, -95.1283
Glacial Hills Scenic Byway, Historic Route 66 and Frontier Military Historic Byway are signed byways within 30 miles of Atchison, Kansas.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Atchison. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
All-American Road · 15 mi out
State scenic byway · starts in town
State scenic byway · 21 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 8 h window · 138 mi
7 h 46 loop · 10 stops · back by 11:45 PM. Incorporates Spirit of Kansas City.
Touches Spirit of Kansas City, Cliff Drive, Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
Byway's engine bakes one loop from Atchison: 8 h, 138 miles, 10 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Sallie House, Site of Halfway House and Stone Basement, SteelHawk, Raytown Limestone Outcrop, North American River Otters, Historical Marker, Kemp Park, Monarch Sculpture and Amelia Earhart. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.