Santa Fe Trail Remains, also known as Santa Fe Trail Ruts, is a two mile (3 km) section of the former 1,200-mile (1,900 km) long Santa Fe Trail that is the "longest continuous stretch of clearly defined Santa Fe Trail rut remains in Kansas."
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.
It is located nine miles (14 km) west of Dodge City, Kansas on US 50.
There are other sections of Santa Fe Trail ruts that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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