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template: byway.jade
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."
contact: "**Great Bend Convention & Visitors Bureau**  \r\n  3007 10th Street  \r\n  Great Bend, KS 67530\r\n\r\n  Telephone Number: 620-792-2750  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:information@visitgreatbend.com )  \r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.visitgreatbend.com/"
    name: Great Bend Convention and Visitors Bureau
  - url: "http://www.kansaswetlandsandwildlifescenicbyway.com/"
    name: Kansas Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway
  - url: "http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/kansas/preserves/art64.html"
    name: Nature Conservancy Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=64620"
    name: Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.kansaswetlandsandwildlifescenicbyway.com/"
    name: Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway (KDOT)
  - url: "http://www.naturalkansas.org/wetlands.htm"
    name: Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway (Natural Kansas)
  - url: "http://www.visitgreatbend.com/NaturePlay/NatureEducation/KansasWetlandsEducationCenterGB/default.aspx"
    name: "Wetlands Education Center "
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.