Take a Day Trip…and "Discover Coffey County"
Burlington / Gridley / New Strawn / Lebo / LeRoy / Waverly
Day Trip #1 Entering Coffey County from the north US Highway 75, enjoy a giant cinnamon roll and a cup of “Coffey” at on of the largest travel plazas on Interstate 35: BETO Junction (B-E-T-O- Burlington, Emporia, Topeka and Ottawa). After a hearty breakfast buffet, head sought on Highway 75 to 17th Road. Turn east to the WolfCreek Environmental Education Area where you will experience Kansas nature at it best. Nesting BaldEagles have been here since 1993. A wildlife viewing area and nature trails provide opportunit9ies to exploreon your own. 
Continue your trip south on Highway 75. As you drive through New Strawn, be sure to take a side trip andturn west on Embankment Road to enjoy viewing the wildlife and birds on prey at John Redmond Reservoir.Continue south to Burlington, the county seat. Stop at the Coffey County Chamber of Commerce & VisitorsCenter in downtown Burlington. Seven blocks west of the main intersection in downtown Burlington featuringVeterans Memorial Park and the Big Red Caboose, you will discover The Coffey County Historical Society andMuseum at 1101 Neosho Street. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the grounds of one of the state’s finest museums afterlearning about Coffey County history and touring the one-room school house, the old Bethel Church, gazeboand museum galleries. Continue south to KS Highway 58 and turn left toward LeRoy, Kansas. Continue east to Arnold’s Greenhousewhere you will enjoy one of the largest selections of flowers, shrubs and plants in the state. Stop by thehistoric First National Bank building in LeRoy before 3 p.m. Enjoy the many historic photos, money collectionsand antiques. While in LeRoy, you won’t want to miss the Opothleyahola Memorial, the Old Jail and VeteransPark.
Opothleyahola Memorial
In 1861, Opothleyahola, Creek Indian Leader, was joined by 10,000 dissidents from other tribes and 600black slaves on a trek from southern Indian Territory to Kansas. About 10% of the group that arrived inKansas perished in the sub-zero weather of the winter of 1862. Visit the Opothleyahola Memorial acrossfrom the Library in LeRoy City Park. The Memorial commemorates the bravery of Opothleyahola and hispeople in their trek to escape from the pro-slave Confederacy to Free-State Kansas. Additional information onOpothleyahola is available at the LeRoy Library.