Mount Sunflower is the highest point in the state of Kansas at 4,039 feet (1,231 m). it is 3,300 feet higher than the state’s low point in southeastern Kansas. Mount Sunflower is located in Wallace County, about half a mile from the Colorado state boarder.
Mount Sunflower is located on private property owned by Mike and Rae Marie Jones. The couple encourages visitors to the high point and to enjoy the amenities, which include a picnic table, a sunflower sculpture made from railroad spikes, and a plaque that states, “nothing happened here in 1897.”
The only access to the high point is through county dirt roads, which bring you to the edge of the property, then across a cattle guard and onto the property, through the pasture to the high point.
