Mount Sunflower – Kansas Highpoint

As far as state highpoints go, Mount Sunflower has got to be the easiest to get to (at least so far). Other than the fact that it is in the middle of nowhere Kansas, you can drive directly up to the high point.

Rising to 4,039 feet, 3,300 feet above the state’s topographic low point and the highest natural point in Kansas, Mount Sunflower is in Wallace County on private land owned by Ed and Cindy Harold and only 1/2 mile from the Colorado border.

While Mount Sunflower is the highest natural point in Kansas, it won’t feel like it due to the fact that Kansas gradually increases in elevation from the east to the west therefore it is virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding terrain.

Once there, you will find a mailbox with the logbook, a covered picnic table with a small little free library, sunflower made of railroad spikes and other shrine elements for the high point, as well as a memorial to Edward and Elizabeth Harold who homesteaded the ranch in 1906.

Directions to Mount Sunflower

Let me start off by saying, that you will be on a dirt road for about 12 miles, so keep that in mind as you make your way to the Kansas state high point.

From Sharon Springs, Kansas

Head West on US-40 W for about 15.0 miles, Turn right onto Road 3/Rd Wa-N3, Continue to follow Road 3 for 10.8 miles. Turn left onto Rd Wa WW and continue for 1.0 mile. Turn right at the Mount Sunflower sign.

From Cheyenne Wells, Colorado

Head East on US-40 W for about 18.0 miles, Turn right onto Road 3/Rd Wa-N3, Continue to follow Road 3 for 10.8 miles. Turn left onto Rd Wa WW and continue for 1.0 mile. Turn right at the Mount Sunflower sign.

Highpoint Stats

If you are looking for another easy state high point to reach, check out Spruce Knob in West Virginia.

Have you made it to the Kansas state high point? What were your thoughts? Comment below and let me know!