The Little Pyramids

Location:  From the Scott/Logan county line on Hwy US 83, go 6 miles North, then turn West.  Follow the gravel road 4 3/4 miles, then turn South for about 2 miles.  The little pyramids are basically a few miles straight North of Scott State Park.

Nearest Town:  Scott City

Admission:  None

Photos Copyright H. Schuster.  Please do not use without permission.

Though far less well known than the nearby Monument Rocks, this rock formation is impressive in it's own right. 

This part of Kansas is sometimes known as "drive through country".  It's true, if the few scattered farmsteads out this way expect to have any kittens, they'd better have their own tomcat.  But all this solitude is its own virtue.  Beauty grows here, too.  The small flowers (photo, right and below, left) growing at the base of the rocks could be easily overlooked by a travelers obsessed only with going from point 'A' to point 'B' .

Highway 83 travels through some pretty flat country out here.  I had a motel room for the night in Garden City, about 60 miles south, so after catching what photographers call "the golden hour" at the Little Pyramids, I headed south.  Looking out over the plains in the darkness all that could be seen for miles in all directions were the strobe lights on the center pivot irrigation rigs, like thousands of fireflies swarming over the thirsty cornfields.  Early explorer Zebulon Pike called this area "The Great American Desert".  This desert grows corn, wheat, and cattle, and helps feed the world.

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