Last updated: December 15, 2020
Place
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area
![Black & white bird with long bill and legs walking in shallow water.](/common/uploads/cropped_image/primary/6043E07E-E09B-6BE0-2CE29415C8ED9CA9.jpg?width=1600&quality=90&mode=crop)
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Quick Facts
Location:
Great Bend, Kansas
Significance:
Important bird migration stopover point.
Designation:
State Wildlife Area
MANAGED BY:
Cheyenne Bottoms is a Kansas state wildlife area. It's part of a 41,000-acre natural land sink northeast of Great Bend, Kansas. The state aquired the land during the 1940's and 1950's and built dikes to collect water in five pools.
The site is the largest marsh in the inland United States and is one of the most important stopovers for migrating shorebirds in the Western Hemisphere.