Destinations · Kansas
Galena
KS · 37.0744, -94.6356
From Galena, Kansas, Byway's registries place 3 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Understand
While the first railway had come to the area in 1871, a spring 1877 discovery of lead ore was the impetus for a landrush which established Galena as an incorporated city in May 1877. At one point, two rival town sites (Empire City north of Short Creek and Galena south of the creek) were operated by rival mining companies. By 1904 there were over thirty mining companies; local population at the peak of the mining boom was between 10000-30000 people.
Day-trip loops
Baked loops for Galena 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
- Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway · inside
- Frontier Military Historic Byway · 4 mi
- Historic Route 66 - MO · 9 mi
Named places
- Galena Mining & Historical Museum · 0 mi
- Tow Mater · 0 mi
- "t-lane memorial' · 1 mi
- Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum · 5 mi
- Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum · 5 mi
- Joplin History & Mineral Museum · 5 mi
- Tristate Marker · 5 mi
- Truck Parking · 6 mi
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