---
id: "59011"
name: Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway
distance: "76.7"
duration: 90 minutes to drive or five hours to enjoy the byway
description: Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway moves through radiant wetlands full of wildlife, prairie vistas with immense skies, and rural communities shaped by nature and the entrepreneurial spirit. Clouds of Sandhill and Whooping Cranes descend; and pelicans, Bald and Golden Eagles, shorebirds, ducks, and geese gracefully rest here, capturing the spirit of this byway.
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organization:
  - url: https://www.wetlandsbyway.com/
    name: Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway
websites:
  - url: https://www.travelks.com/things-to-do/byways-and-highways/byways/wetlands-and-wildlife/
    name: Kansas Travel Guide
attractions:
  - url: https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/cheyenne-bottoms-preserve/
    name: Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve
  - url: https://www.exploregreatbend.com/
    name: Great Bend
  - url: https://wetlandscenter.fhsu.edu/
    name: Kansas Wetlands Education Center
  - url: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/quivira
    name: Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
designations:
  - National Scenic Byway
states:
  - KS
ll:
  - -98.848701
  - 38.53612899999996
bounds:
  - - -98.848701
    - 38.05633200000011
  - - -98.45446799999996
    - 38.53612899999996

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Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway moves through radiant wetlands full of wildlife, prairie vistas with immense skies, and rural communities shaped by nature and the entrepreneurial spirit. Clouds of Sandhill and Whooping Cranes descend; and pelicans, Bald and Golden Eagles, shorebirds, ducks, and geese gracefully rest here, capturing the spirit of this byway.