County: Cheyenne

Date: August 2019

Photographer: Alan Peterson/KGS

Place Name: Arikaree Breaks

Short description: Loess hills and canyons in Cheyenne County. The rugged canyonland of the Arikaree Breaks, just two to three miles wide, cuts diagonally across northern Cheyenne County and stretches just across the state line west in Colorado and north in Nebraska.

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