Originally Posted by
revcp
I'm more than happy to hear from someone with actual experience from Council Grove area to the SW corner.
I've rode from Council Grove to Elkhart, KS (on the way to Taos).
It is a wonderful ride. Go south, along the east side of Flint Hills, on 177 to Cassiday, KS then head west on backroads (paved) to stay outside of Wichita, KS. all the way to Medicine Lodge, KS. Then it's straight west all the way on 160. This part is beautiful.
Camping is never a problem. Routing is never a problem. Advanced planning isn't really necessary. You can't get lost in Kansas.
Many times I've just looked at the map and went from reservoir to reservoir to plot my route. If you really zoom-in on Google maps you will see County lakes that aren't on the state paper maps. This makes it easy to find a place to camp.