Wagon Bed Spring

	Lower Cimarron Spring
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	View of the spring site
Nearest city	Ulysses, Kansas
Coordinates	37°23′54″N 101°22′15″W
Area	195 acres (79 ha) (after 1998 enlargement)
Built	1820
NRHP reference No.	66000344
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Boundary increase	August 5, 1998
Designated NHL	December 19, 1960

Wagon Bed Spring, also known historically as the Lower Spring or Lower Cimarron Spring, is a historic former spring in Grant County, Kansas, United States. It is located about 12 miles (19 km) south of Ulysses, on the west side of United States Route 270. In the 19th century it was an important watering spot on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail, where migrants on the trail often camped. The spring is now dry, primarily due to irrigation lowering the water table in the area. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

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