White Cloud, Kansas - 40th Parallel Marker
- Address:
- K-7, White Cloud, KS [Show Map]
- Directions:
- Drive north from White Cloud, KS on K-7 about 2 miles. There is a marker on levee adjacent to road. The levee is the dividing line between Kansas and Nebraska. The 40th degree parallel marker is on top the bluff to the West. A foot bridge leads to the trail. The climb is very steep.
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White Cloud, Kansas - 40th Parallel Marker This point marks the beginning of the public land surveys of the sixth principal meridian. This marker was placed here on May 8, 1855 and was used for the initial point of survey for Nebraska, Kansas and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota.
It is a difficult climb to the top of the bluff to the marker though there is a foot trail with handrails and benches for resting along the way. Location is remote. There are no services of any kind. [Dempsey Yearry, 04/04/2008]
[RA: We're granting some latitude, ahem, in posting this one. The 40th Parallel simply isn't as exciting as, say, the 45th Parallel, with its associated town pride over an invisible line. But if you're a big fan of COORDINATES, it's up to you to decide if a 40th pilgrimage is worthwhile. The pointless climb helps, a little -- and there is an official Nebraska Historical Marker.]Nearby Offbeat Places
- See Four States - Unbelievable View, White Cloud, KS - 2 mi.
- Monument to the Pig that Inspired the Piggy Bank, White Cloud, KS - 2 mi.
- Davis Memorial - Strange Grave, Hiawatha, KS - 14 mi.
- In the region: John Brown's Cave and Secret Tunnels, Nebraska City, NE - 55 mi.
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