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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Tallgrass Prairie National PreserveCowboys practicing roping skills at the ranch
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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Cell Phone Tours
 
Cell phone tour

Cell phone tour of ranch headquarters, school house, and prairie overlook

Self-guiding Headquarters
Cell Phone Tour

Click on the links below to visit via the internet or you may call (620) 805-3185 and punch in the tour stops to learn about the history of the 1881 Spring Hill Farm and Stock Ranch, the prairie, and the one-room schoolhouse.


Historic Buildings and Prairie Overlook

Welcome Greeting
Stop 1: Three-level limestone barn
Stop 2: Stone corrals and fences
Stop 3: Outbuildings
Stop 4: Scratch shed
Stop 5: Chicken house
Stop 6: Carriage house
Stop 7: Ranch house
Stop 8: Curing house
Stop 9: Outhouse
Stop 10:Icehouse
Stop 11: Prairie overlook
Stop 12: Lower Fox Creek Schoolhouse


Southwind Nature Trail at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve  

Did You Know?
A single blade of big bluestem might have a root system descending over 8 feet underground. This is deep enough so that the plant will emerge in the spring even without rainfall. Big bluestem grows abundantly on the Southwind Nature Trail.

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Last Updated: May 06, 2009 at 18:27 EST