Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

Nice stop. Better trail markers needed.

There are educational signs and a memorial plaque to read and then one can walk out into the prairie. Supposedly there are trails, but it's a little awkward. I went through the gate and followed the m...

Wonderful place to experience the plains the way Willa Cather knew them.

Absolutely worth a visit. It is right at the state line, if heading south from Red Cloud it will be on your right but is hard to see from the road. If you reach Kansas you've gone too far. Simple setu...

Nice view, but nothing more

It's beautiful to view the prairie, but this little stopping place offers nothing more than a viewing area and some signage...I could not find any trail to go on (perhaps any trail was overgrown durin...

My Antonia

Worth the visit about four miles south of Red Cloud near the Kansas border. Nice marker and gorgeous views of grass and hills. Peaceful with a cement bench to rest upon.

Prairie The Way Cather Saw It

The wild prairie is almost a character in Willa Cather's books set in Red Cloud, notably My Antonia. This little piece of beauty is restored to the kind of prairie Antonia might have walked through. B...