457 US Highway 83
Oakley, KS 67748(785) 672-3100
There are no rattlesnake towns left on Route 40, but Prairie Dog Town is as close as anyone these days is going to get. If you're driving I-70, you can't help but see their famous billboards ('See the 8,000 pound prairie dog!'). Owner Larry Farmer keeps of the tradition of making a buck off of animal oddities. More than a petting zoo, Prairie Dog Town also features a six legged steer and a five legged cow.
If you're driving old Route 40, you're likely to miss this baby - there are no billboards or signs on the old alignment. Just take SR 83 north from town and it will be on your right.
By all means take the kids. When this one disappears, it will probably be the end of an era along Route 40.
Prairie Dog Town by animakitty, on Flickr.
that big, fake, concrete prairie dog gets the double thumbs up from me by marymuses, on Flickr.
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