Road Trip Planning| Miles Kms | Item | Summary |
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| 0.0 0.0 2621 ft. |
Nebraska State Line |
Nebraska / Kansas State Line. Welcome to Kansas. Highway #83 is also known as the 'Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Highway.' |
| 1.1 1.8 2562 ft. |
Decatur County Roadway #471 |
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| 1.2 2.0 2523 ft. |
Bridge |
Crossing Beaver Creek |
| 1.7 2.7 2605 ft. |
Cedar Bluffs, Kansas |
Community of Cedar Bluffs, Kansas on West side of highway. |
| 4.4 7.1 2753 ft. |
County Roadway #308 |
Access to County Roadway #308. |
| 5.8 9.3 2717 ft. |
Photo |
View from highway driving South. |
| 7.8 12.5 2733 ft. |
Photo |
View from KS highway driving South. |
| 8.3 13.3 2684 ft. |
Photo |
View from highway driving South. |
| 12.1 19.5 2654 ft. |
Access to Oberlin Airport |
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| 12.4 20.0 2641 ft. |
Oberlin welcome highway sign |
Welcome to historic Oberlin. Services at highway.
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| 12.5 20.1 2641 ft. |
Oberlin, Kansas |
Junction of US Highway 36
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| 13.4 21.5 2562 ft. |
Access to hospital |
West side of highway. |
| 13.4 21.6 2562 ft. |
Access to roadside turnout |
Picnic area |
| 20.4 32.9 2766 ft. |
Junction of Decatur County Roadway #340 |
East side of highway. |
| 23.2 37.3 2700 ft. |
Photo - Old Windmill |
View from highway. |
| 27.0 43.5 2667 ft. |
Bridge |
Crossing Prairie Dog Creek |
| 30.6 49.2 2812 ft. |
Route #23 - Photo |
Junction of KS Highway state 23 East/South to Hoxie, Kansas.
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| 32.5 52.3 2838 ft. |
Photo of Selden, KS |
Looking at community of Selden, Kansas. |
| 33.2 53.4 2835 ft. |
Roadside turnout |
Shelter, picnic tables - North side of highway. |
| 33.2 53.5 2838 ft. |
Community of Selden |
Western limits. |
| 42.6 68.5 2953 ft. |
View from highway  |
Looking at city of Rexford, Kansas. Thomas County line. |
| 43.9 70.6 2949 ft. |
Access to Thomas County Roadway #465 |
Access to city of Rexford. Services at highway - gas - North side of highway. |
| 48.2 77.5 3025 ft. |
Roadside turnout |
Shelter, picnic tables, garbage stand - North side of highway. |
| 48.3 77.8 3028 ft. |
 |
View from highway. |
| 51.6 83.1 3051 ft. |
 |
View from highway. |
| 51.6 83.1 3051 ft. |
Photo of Gem, KS |
Looking West at city of Gem, Kansas. |
| 51.9 83.6 3051 ft. |
Gem, Kansas. |
Community of Gem, Kansas. No services. |
| 53.9 86.8 3041 ft. |
Junction US 24 |
Access to community of Colby. #83 South - access to communities of Oakley, Halford and the Fick Fossil Museum - South of highway. East access to Sheridan State Fishing Lake, east access to Webster State Park. Camping: 66 Electrical/Water Campsites, 6 Electric campsites, 100 primitive campsites. 3 Shower houses.
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| 68.2 109.7 3045 ft. |
Junction of Interstate Highway #70 |
Exit #70 NOTE: For highway travel east or west via Interstate Highway #70 - See Free RV Road Map Highway Guide - I #70 Kansas/Colorado State Line to Montana/Kansas State Line for driving directions. |
| 68.4 110.1 3028 ft. |
Access to RV Park Campground |
West of highway - High Plains Camping, Kansas - RV Park, full service pull through sites. Free wireless internet, TV showing The Weather Channel. |
| 72.0 115.9 3064 ft. |
Community of Oakley, Kansas |
East of highway. - Attractions on Oakley, KS - Fick Fossil Museum, KS; the museum shows collections of rocks and minerals from the area and the world, the world�s oldest known mosasaur fossil. NOTE: access to Oakly via US#83 alt. route |
| 73.0 117.5 3051 ft. |
US Highway #40 |
East to communities of Monument, Kansas, Page City, Kansas, Wallace, Kansas. West access to Logan Kansas State Fishing Lake, primitive camping. NOTE: This lake is full about three years out of ten, fishing for Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Crappie,
Green Sunfish,
Redear Sunfish,
Wiper,
Black Bullhead,
Channel Catfish. NOTE: US Highway #40 overlaps US Highway #83 at this point and heads east. For highway travel via US #40 - See Free RV Road Map highway Guide Colorado/Kansas State Line to Kansas/Missouri State Line for driving directions.
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| 74.0 119.1 3058 ft. |
US Highway #40 |
Overlap of US Highway ends and heads east. |
| 104.1 167.6 3002 ft. |
State Highway #90 |
West to Lake Scott State Park. Camping facilities: 55 utility campsites, some with 50-amp service and water hookups. Three shower buildings, 100 primitive campsites and several vault toilets, cabin rentals, swimming beach, playground, Canoe and paddleboat rentals, Nature trails for hikers, horseback riders, boat launch, fishing for Channel Catfish, Black Bullhead,
Channel Catfish,
Crappie, Bluegill,
Green Sunfish,
Redear Sunfish,
Largemouth Bass,
Walleye,
Trout.
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| 109.2 175.7 2933 ft. |
State Highway #95 |
West of highway. Access to Lake Scott State Park |
| 110.9 178.5 2969 ft. |
State Highway #4 |
East of Highway. East to Healy, Kansas, Shields, Kansas, Pendennis, Kansas, Utica, Kansas. |
| 118.9 191.4 2979 ft. |
State Highway #96 |
Junction of KS State Highway 96 |
| 121.9 196.2 2940 ft. |
Hutchins, Kansas |
West of highway. |
| 126.5 203.5 2949 ft. |
Shallow Water, Kansas |
West of highway. |
| 134.2 216.0 2910 ft. |
Friend, Kansas |
West of highway. |
| 308.8 496.9 2881 ft. |
US Highway #400 & US #50 |
West to Communities of Holcomb, Kansas, Deerfield, Kansas, Lakin, Kansas, Kendall, Kansas, Syracuse, Kansas. Access to the city of Garden City, Kansas, -Attractions in and around Garden City: Finney County Museum - Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological facility in western Kansas, the zoo has over 300 animals. Buffalo Game Preserve, one of the largest bison herds in the world. |
| 308.8 496.9 2881 ft. |
US Highway #400 & US #50 & US #83 ALT |
West to Communities of Holcomb, Kansas, Deerfield, Kansas, Lakin, Kansas, Kendall, Kansas, Syracuse, Kansas. US Highway #400 & US #50 overlap US #83 at this point. |
| 312.6 503.0 2838 ft. |
State Highway #156 |
Access to Garden City, Kansas. East via Route #156 to Kalvesta, Kansas, Jetmore, Kansas, Hanston, Kansas. East access to Concannon, Kansas State Fishing Lake, presently the lake is dry. - Access to Hodgeman Kansas State Fishing Lake, primitive camping. boat launching site. the lake is dry. - NOTE: For highway travel via Kansas State Highway #156 - See Free RV Kansas Highway #156 Itinerary - Garden City, Kansas to Interstate Highway #70 for driving directions.
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| 314.1 505.4 2822 ft. |
US Highways #400 & US #50 |
NOTE: US Highway #400 & US #50 overlap of US Highway #83 ends at this point. - For highway travel via US Highway #50 - See Free RV US #50 Highway Itinerary - Colorado State Line to Missouri State Line for driving directions.
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| 314.9 506.7 2808 ft. |
Point of Information |
Crossing the Kansas Arkansas, River a 90 mi (145 km) long river. |
| 316.4 509.1 2871 ft. |
US Highway #83 ALT |
North to Garden City, Kansas. |
| 342.3 550.9 2940 ft. |
US State Highway #144 & US #160 |
West via US #160 to communities of Hickok, Kansas, Ulysses, Kansas, Big Bow, Kansas, Johnson City, Kansas. West to Cimarron National Grassland. NOTE: US Highway #160 overlaps US #83 at this point and heads south. East to Copeland, Kansas, Montezuma, attraction Stauth Memorial Museum. |
| 348.4 560.6 2933 ft. |
US Highway #56 |
West to communities of Satanta, Kansas, Moscow, Kansas, Hugoton, Kansas, Rolls, Kansas |
| 355.4 571.9 2884 ft. |
State #190 |
West access to Satanta, Kansas. |
| 362.4 583.2 2861 ft. |
US Highway #160 |
Overlap of US Highway #160 ends at this point and heads east to communities of Plains, Kansas, Meade, Kansas, attraction The Dalton Gang Hideout museum. NOTE: for highway travel via US #160 - See Free RV #160 highway map itinerary Colorado/Kansas State Line to Missouri/Kansas State Line for driving directions
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| 365.8 588.6 2644 ft. |
Point of information |
Crossing the Cimarron River, Kansas |
| 371.3 597.5 2851 ft. |
Kansas State Highway #51 |
West to Hugoton, Kansas, Rolls, Kansas, Elkhart, Kansas. |
| 378.1 608.4 2848 ft. |
Liberal, Kansas |
South of highway |
| 381.0 613.1 2831 ft. |
US Highway #54 |
North East to Kismet, Kansas, - Plains, Kansas - access to Meade Kansas State Park Facilities: camping, with or without electrical and water hook-ups. picnic area, boat launch, No skiing or pleasure boating is allowed, no-wake speeds if operating a watercraft. swimming beach, fishing for bluegill, channel cat, crappie and large mouth bass. |
| 383.0 616.3 2828 ft. |
U S Highway #270 |
US Highway overlaps Us Highway #83 at this point and heads south. |
| 384.1 618.1 2815 ft. |
Oklahoma/Kansas State Line |
South to communities of Turpin, Oklahoma, Baker, Oklahoma. |