Ladder Creek

Ladder Creek is a 230-mile-long (370 km) stream in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Smoky Hill River, it flows from eastern Colorado into western Kansas.

Ladder Creek
Beaver Creek, Chalk Creek
Location of mouth within Kansas
Ladder Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesColorado, Kansas
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationFirstview, Colorado
  coordinates38°48′45″N 102°32′37″W
  elevation4,565 ft (1,391 m)
MouthSmoky Hill River
  location
Elkader, Kansas
  coordinates
38°47′57″N 100°51′36″W
  elevation
2,631 ft (802 m)
Length230 mi (370 km)
Basin size1,407 sq mi (3,640 km2)
Basin features
WatershedsLadder-Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi
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