Elm Grove Campground Johnson County, Kansas

"Elm Grove Camp Ground"
USGS Aerial Photographs

Elm Grove, another campground located two and a half miles northwest of Round Grove or Lone Elm on the so called Westport Road branch of the Santa Fe Trail.
Elm Grove was a separate major campground two and one-half miles northwest of Lone Elm on the same creek (Cedar Creek). It was also the location referred to in the Sibley survey as Caravan Grove.
Today the sites of Elm Grove and Lone Elm remain relatively undeveloped, but the city limits of Olathe, Kansas are rapidly encroaching on them. The Olathe Parks Department has a strong desire to save Elm Grove for parkland and historical interpretation, just as it already has done for Lone Elm. The City of Olathe is in the process of saving some 80 acres of Lone Elm for a park and interpretation center.