Destinations · Kansas
Baxter Springs
KS · 37.0231, -94.7347
From Baxter Springs, Kansas, Byway's registries place 3 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Understand
The area from Joplin, Missouri through Galena, Riverton and Baxter Springs, Kansas to Picher, Oklahoma was lead and zinc mining country, extracting galena (lead sulphide) ore until the 1960s. The closure of the mines, followed by the bypassing of US Route 66 by Interstate highways, led to a decline in the local economy and a drop in local population.
Day-trip loops
Baked loops for Baxter Springs are growing. The weave below is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Frontier Military Historic Byway · inside
- Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway · inside
- Historic Route 66 - MO · 15 mi
Named places
- Baxter Springs Heritage Museum · 0 mi
- Hockerville · 3 mi
- Marsh arc bridge · 3 mi
- Rainbow Bridge · 3 mi
- Zincville · 5 mi
- Blue Mound · 5 mi
- Treece, Kansas Historical Marker · 6 mi
- Antique Auto Museum · 6 mi
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