Location and Transportation

Atchison is on the west bank of the Missouri River in northeast Kansas.

Distance in miles from:
Chicago 425
Dallas 525
Denver 525
Kansas City 54
Los Angeles 1,634
Minneapolis 400
New York 1,258
Omaha 135
St. Joseph, MO 25
St. Louis, MO 311
Topeka, KS 55
Wichita, KS 191

Transportation
Major Highways:
U.S. Highway 59
U.S. Highway 73
U.S. Highway 159
Kansas Highway 7
Kansas Highway 9

Airports:
Amelia Earhart Airport has a 3,000-foot, lighted, asphalt runway
Kansas City International Airport (40 miles away) is served by most commercial airlines.

Railroads:
Burlington Northern-Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Kansas City Southern