Ladder Creek
| Ladder Creek Beaver Creek, Chalk Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Colorado, Kansas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Firstview, Colorado |
| • coordinates | 38°48′45″N 102°32′37″W / 38.81250°N 102.54361°W |
| • elevation | 4,565 ft (1,391 m) |
| Mouth | Smoky Hill River |
• location | Elkader, Kansas |
• coordinates | 38°47′57″N 100°51′36″W / 38.79917°N 100.86000°W |
• elevation | 2,631 ft (802 m) |
| Length | 230 mi (370 km) |
| Basin size | 1,407 sq mi (3,640 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Watersheds | Ladder-Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
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.