Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Parks Directory of the United States / US National Parks / National Preserves

Address: PO Box 585
226 Broadway
Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845
Phone: 620-273-6034;
Fax: 620-273-6099;
Web: www.nps.gov/tapr/
Size: 10,894 acres.
Established: Established on November 12, 1996. The federal government will own up to 180 acres, with the National Park Trust -- the purchaser of the property in 1994 -- retaining ownership of the rest of the preserve. The Nation Park Service will manage and operate the entire preserve under a public-private agreement.
Location: Preserve headquarters is 2 miles north of Strong City, Kansas, on US 177, 18 miles west of Emporia and 85 miles northeast of Wichita.
Facilities: Historic ranch headquarters area with buildings dating from the late 19th century; a late 19th century one-room school house; nature trail.
Activities: Hiking, self-guided and ranger-guided tours, living history demonstrations.
Special Features: Tallgrass prairie once covered 400,000 square miles of North America. Less than 4 % remains, mostly in the Flint Hills of Kansas. This nationally-significant example of the once vast tallgrass prairie ecosystem also includes historic buildings and cultural resources of the Spring Hill Ranch.

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See other parks in Kansas.