USA - Great Plains (Chapter)

This is the Great Plains chapter from Lonely Planet’s USA guidebook.

To best appreciate this vast and underappreciated region in the heart of the US, you need to split the name. The first word, ‘great,’ is easy. Great food, great scenery, great tornadoes, great people all apply. The problem is with ‘plains.’ ‘Humdrum’ and ‘flat’ are two words that come to mind. Neither applies. Amid the endless horizons and raw natural drama are many surprises.

• Immerse yourself in the blues rhythms of one of America’s great old cities: St Louis
• maps
• Go from mountain highs in the Black Hills to valley lows in Badlands National Park
• transport
• restaurants & accommodation
• Gape at the wildly striated, otherworldly landscapes of Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Coverage includes: Missouri, St Louis, Around St Louis, Along I-70, The Ozarks, Kansas City, Around Kansas City, Iowa, Des Moines, Madison County, Along I-80, Along Us 30, Along Us 20, North Dakota, Along I-94, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Along Us 2, South Dakota, Sioux Falls, Along I-90, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Black Hills, Nebraska, Omaha, Around Omaha, Lincoln, Along I-80, Along Us 20, Kansas, Wichita, Along I-70, Along Us 50, Along Us 56, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Western Oklahoma, Tulsa and Green Country.