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Goodland Explorations | Geography

County Seat Fight

A legal slugfest between upstart Goodland and established Eustis ended with Goodland as the winner of the Sherman County seat prize.

Doing something about the weather

At Goodland's National Weather Service Forecast Office, forecasters predict the weather in order to lessen its impact.

Driving on brick streets

A Native American from the Oneida tribe, Jim Brown was a phenomenally fast bricklayer. He turned street paving into a spectator sport in Goodland while paving Main and some side streets.

Escaping at Smoky Gardens

Twelve miles southwest of Goodland lies a jewel of a park along the North Fork of the Smoky Hill River.

Highest county seat in Kansas

At 3,695 feet, Goodland is the highest county seat in Kansas, according to the National Geodetic Survey.

How Goodland got its name

Goodland could have been called Fairyland, according to the most widely accepted story about the town's name. Goodland has proven to be a very appropriate name for the fertile lands of Sherman County.

Interstate 70

The concrete ribbon named Interstate 70 brings Goodland to the world and the world to Goodland.

Learning about Kansas

Come to Goodland Travel Information Center 10 miles west of Goodland at Interstate 70 milepost 7 and find out what Kansas has to offer.

Mountain Time Capitol of Kansas

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead -- your next stop, the Mountain Time Zone!

The Giant Sunflower Painting

The Giant Van Gogh Painting sits on an 80-foot easel, the only one in the United States.