The
Flint Hills historically known as
Bluestem Pastures or
Blue Stem Hills, is a region in eastern
Kansas and north-central
Oklahoma named for the abundant residual
flint eroded from the bedrock that lies near or at the surface. It consists of a band of hills stretching from Kansas to Oklahoma, extending from
Marshall and
Washington counties in the north to
Cowley County, Kansas and
Kay and
Osage counties in Oklahoma in the south, to
Geary and
Shawnee counties west to east. Oklahomans generally refer to the same geologic formation as the
Osage Hills or "The Osage."