Destinations · Missouri
Joplin
MO · 37.0842, -94.5133
From Joplin, Missouri, Byway's registries place 3 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Understand
Although commonly thought to be named for ragtime composer (and Sedalia resident) Scott Joplin, the city is actually named after the Joplin Creek Valley, which in turn is named after an early settler, Reverend Harris Joplin.
Day-trip loops
Baked loops for Joplin 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
- Historic Route 66 - MO · 2 mi
- Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway · 6 mi
- Frontier Military Historic Byway · 11 mi
Named places
- Schifferdecker home · 0 mi
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cross · 1 mi
- Joplin History & Mineral Museum · 2 mi
- Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum · 2 mi
- Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum · 2 mi
- The house of Bonnie and Clyde · 2 mi
- Grand Falls · 4 mi
- Grand Falls · 4 mi
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