Coronado Heights
Four miles northeast of Lindsborg, Kansas

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I've heard at least two stories about Coronado Heights,  to include one saying this small
shelter  was built by Coronado's men on a summit in the Smokey Hills valley,  during their
exploration on West  through Kansas Territory in 1541,  while searching   for gold.



Not a lot of color on a very warm, dry, sunny afternoon, but the stones had the color of
age and appearance of green moss, and the port holes in the upper deck certainly
made this look like it could have been an outpost of sorts at one time.

A project of the WPA and completed in 1936 of native stones.

Picnic tables and fire places around the perimeter of the entire area to include a native
stone restroom facility, which I was going to use until I was hailed by a fella with a long
stick that said, "watch out for snakes."  My inquiring mind replied, "Oh, what's the deal."

He then related that there was "snake alert" in Eldorado and that a fella got bit by a
rattle snake while in a bath room at one of the State Park facilities.  I peeked into
the Coronado Heights restroom and didn't see any snakes, but  I also decided to drive
four miles west and use the McDonald's at Lindsborg!