The Eight Natural Wonders of the Red Hills

     Over the past few years, I've presented what I feel are the best 8 Natural Wonders of the Red Hills in separate installments. I brought them all together in this one post with respective links (see picture captions) to each posting. 

     Perhaps you've heard of the 8 Wonders of Kansas at https://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/? Any self-respecting Kansan should be aware of and have been to this wonderful site developed by the Kansas Sampler Foundation and a whole bunch of fine folks led by Marci Penner. There are other 8 wonder sub-categories including such subjects as Architecture, Art, Cuisine, History and others. I'm expanding on this theme by presenting my own selections for the special place in Kansas I call the Kansas Outback. The Red Hills represents the proverbial counter to the claim of a flat Kansas. While all of Kansas offers so many interesting features in so many categories, the Red Hills is a particular land of enchantment and treasure trove of natural surprises. Recognizing there are certainly more great wonders in this Kansas Outback, here are my selections of the best 8 Natural Wonders of the Red Hills in no particular order of rank. 

[To navigate to each respective post, place the caption's url link in your browser bar and search or block out the caption and then right click. Tap the "go to..." and it will take you there.]

Landscape

                                                                  https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsLandscape

Wildlife

https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsWildlife

Streams 

https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsStreams  

Caves

https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsCaves

Wildflowers

https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsWildflowers

Big Basin Preserve and St. Jacob's Well

https://tinyurl.com/St-Jacob-sWell

 Grasslands

https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsGrasslands

 Fossils

https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsFossils

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."  Henry David Thoreau