The 12 Days of Kansas Road Trip

Three Mile Creek Walking Trail

Submitted by Amy Piper with Follow the Piper

The 12 Days of Kansas Road Trip

On the third day in Kansas, Leavenworth gave to me Three-Mile Creek Walking Trail.

Named for Three-Mile Creek, the Three-Mile Creek Walking Trail is only a half-mile long. But the interesting fact is that the Three-Mile Creek isn’t three miles long either. In 1827, Colonel Henry Leavenworth built Fort Leavenworth. The starting point for measuring the town’s miles began at the Main Parade Post, where Fort Leavenworth’s flag flies today. They named the area’s creeks, One-Mile, Three-Mile, and Five-Mile for their distance from the flag.  Read more....