Kansas A to Z: ‘J’ is for Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park, south of Oakley

The anticipated opening of the Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park this year in western Kansas highlights the state’s 2019 travel season.

Kelli Hilliard, public relations and travel development manager for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, said the state park is expected to open sometime this summer.

Located south of Oakley, Little Jerusalem encompasses a mile-long valley of 100-foot-tall spires and cliffs rising from the western Kansas prairie. The park includes the state’s largest Niobrara Chalk formations.

“A lot of people have heard about it,” Hilliard said. “But unless you had a private tour, you couldn’t get in and see it.”

That all changes this summer.

(Read more: Newton Kansan)