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Gypsum Hills Scenic Byway

Buttes of red clay loaded with gypsum, rocky spires, grassy meadows and canyons make up the landscape along the nearly 42-mile Gypsum Hills Scenic Byway, along US-160 from Medicine Lodge west to Coldwater. An ancient sea carved these mesas and ravines 65 million years ago in what is now cattle-ranching country.

Communities Along the Way Medicine Lodge                              Coldwater

Official Gypsum Hills Scenic Byway Web site

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Photo Source: Harland Schuster