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Rock City, Kansas 


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Elevation: 1,200'
Lat, Long: 39.0844, -97.725 Map
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Administrator: Tom Erickson
Submitted By: Christopher Jones on Feb 11, 2007

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BETA PHOTO: Fun boulders in the plains.

Description 

Sandstone boulders V0-V3. This is a good place to stop while on a road trip. Not a destination.


Getting There 

Rock City is about 20 minutes north of Salina, Kansas. From I-70 go north on 81 to 18 go east on 18 about 6 miles to 106, go right on 106, after about 5 miles on 106 go left on the dirt road to Rock City. There are signs on 106.



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Good routes, face and cracks.

BETA PHOTO: Good routes, face and cracks.

A good distraction from the long drive to see family in Ohio.

BETA PHOTO: A good distraction from the long drive to see fami...

me bouldering one of the "tallest" boulders in the park.

me bouldering one of the "tallest" boulders in the...

Photo of me at Rock City, KS.

Photo of me at Rock City, KS.

rough topo with rough grade suggestions. smaller boulders may be missing or inaccurate, routes on these are V0 or less, but some are fun

BETA PHOTO: rough topo with rough grade suggestions. smaller b...

On one of the taller boulders.

On one of the taller boulders.

Beautiful day...nice break from the monotony of I70 in KS.

Beautiful day...nice break from the monotony of I7...

Rock Hammock!

Rock Hammock!

some of the many

some of the many

getting sweaty for the road

getting sweaty for the road

Toping out... <br />Some rocks have endless traverses

Toping out...
Some rocks have endless traverses


trying to get up as many easy problems as I can before dark...

trying to get up as many easy problems as I can be...

some of the cool features...

some of the cool features...

rock city

rock city

Matt stretching his legs at Rock City

Matt stretching his legs at Rock City

nice features...

nice features...

Problem is "Owen." so named for the name "Owen" scratched on the rock

BETA PHOTO: Problem is "Owen." so named for the name "Owen" sc...


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By Matthias Holladay
From: Durango, Colorado
Oct 23, 2007

This place is pretty fun. Locals were quirky...My girls and I stopped here for an hour or so whilst jamming cross country. Albeit it was spring and not terribly hot, but we had a blast bouldering and I got a break from driving!

By matt brooks
From: hutchinson, ks
Jan 9, 2008

Just FYI, it is located on private property and did cost about 2-3 dollars to enter, about a year ago.

By Dan Roberts
From: Eastern Iowa
Apr 20, 2009

This place is for real. I live in the Twin Cities with loads of climbing and I found some problems that really pushed my limits. Climbed for a solid 3 hours. Could have spent the whole day there.

By Matthias Holladay
From: Durango, Colorado
Jun 13, 2009

So true. This is an unheralded spot on the prairie deserving more praise than it receives. It could be the best bouldering in Kansas!

By Joe Sambataro
From: Boulder, CO
Dec 9, 2009

On our drive from CO to Lawrence, KS, we stopped on the way there and back to stretch the legs. Fun place with 12 climbable boulders and about 40 problems from V0 to V3, and maybe a V4 here and there. I really enjoy arriving at an area with no beta to climb whatever looks fun. I uploaded an amateur video here:

By Tony Barlage
Mar 25, 2010

Definitely a great place to stretch out in KS while driving across the country. Nice video, I really enjoyed the soundtrack as well. :-)

By Mark Roth
From: Boulder
Jun 10, 2010

Directions are good, except you have to go West on 18!!! Luckily there were signs.
Bring bug repellant...

Problems are harder than they look. Once above the "equator" there are lots of slopers. You can get a good pump here. Wish it was in my back yard (not enough to move here though).

By jeremy ward
From: las vegas, nevada
Jan 21, 2011

Not a destination by any means but a great place to stop and stretch your legs while driving on I-70 especially if making the pilgrimage from Illinois to Colorado. There are maybe 30 or so problems all V4 or under with sweet, flat, grassy landings. The boulders are a bit of an anomaly as well being a small boulder field in the middle of the pancake flat prairie that is Kansas.