• The setting sun over the Flint Hills casts shadows across the wide expanse of tallgrass prairie.

    Tallgrass Prairie

    National Preserve Kansas

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  • Our Address Has Changed

    Our new mailing address is: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 2480 B Ks Hwy 177 Strong City, KS 66869

Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie

Where's the tall grass?

Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America. Within a generation the vast majority was developed and plowed under. Today less than 4% remains, mostly here in the Kansas Flint Hills. The preserve protects a nationally significant remnant of the once vast tallgrass prairie and its cultural resources. Here the tallgrass prairie takes its last stand.

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  • What a beautiful view of the prairie!

    Tour Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

    The preserve offers a wide variety of activities and experiences, such as hiking, fishing, education programs, and ranger-led tours. Enjoy the park!

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  • Children feeding the goat kids

    Kids Farm Animal Day This Saturday

    Learn what life was like on an 1880s ranch. You can feed the chickens, milk a goat, curry the horse, and clean stalls. Earn stickers and certificates.

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  • Kids waving to Paresh Porob

    Kids Visit India Using Social Media

    As part of National Park Week, local students visit with Range Forest Officer Paresh Porob of the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in India using Facebook.

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  • bookstore

    Eastern National Bookstore at the Preserve

    Eastern National has a selection of books covering the tallgrass prairie, cowboys, children's books, and other items to make your visit memorable.

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  • Baby bison with mother at the preserve

    The Bison Herd at the Preserve is Growing

    Continue to watch the preserve's bison herd develop. The original 13 head came from Windcave National Park in South Dakota.

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  • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve sign

    Our Address Has Changed

    We have moved to our new visitor center and administrative office building. The new address is 2480B Ks Hwy 177, Strong City, KS 66869.

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  • The Hearthland Network counts plant species

    Learn About the Preserve's Natural Resources

    The Natural Resource Division works with our partners to monitor the natural environment at the Preserve. Follow the link to learn more.

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  • Fourth grade students work on their quilt blocks.

    Student-Designed Quilts Begin National Tour

    Over 250 children and adults worked together to tell the untold stories of the National Park Sites in Kansas. The quilts brought together many people.

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Did You Know?

Grazing cattle at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Cattle can gain up to 2 pounds per day grazing on the prairie grasses of the Flint Hills.  The calcium found in the limestone erodes into the soil, making the prairie plants more nutritious for grazing animals. Cattle grazing is still the main agricultural use of the Flint Hills today.