The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Great Plains

Stop 14 · Days 618–619

Abilene

Abilene, KS

A former end-of-the-line cattle town that raised a president — home to the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Where to stay

You gotta eat this

  • Fried chicken, Kansas-style

    Classic heartland cooking.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 618Day 618 — Ike & the Old WestFull day · 3h 30m planned
  2. 619Day 619 — East to TopekaDrive day · 1h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • Museums & History