Kansas, as one would expect, doesn’t have a wealth of grand waterfalls, but it does have a few. Located in the southern reaches of the Flint Hills, Cowley County Fishing Lake has a beauty that drops 30 feet across colorful layers of red shale. It’s a difficult climb to the bottom, but it’s a welcome place to be on a warm day, in the water spray at the base of the falls, where the steam spills over fossil-embossed limestone boulders. The falls are best viewed during the spring rainy season, when the waterflow is at its highest.
photos by Dave Leiker
Great essay, Dave.
Dave, this is beautiful! I didn’t know there was a waterfall in the wheat country of Cowley County. Reminds me of when you climbed down muddy bluffs to get photos of the Buffalo. Your photography is absolutely great.