Last updated: September 26, 2024
Place
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Photo/NPS/Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Quick Facts
Location:
2480B KS Hwy 177 Strong City
Significance:
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve features some of the best-preserved tallgrass prairie in Kansas, providing a historical glimpse at one of the most important ecosystems along the Santa Fe Trail
Designation:
National Preserve
Amenities
1 listed
Trailhead/Hiker Register
A map of Passport and Places to Go locations for National Historic Trails.
Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America, but within a generation most of it had been transformed into farmland. Today less than 4% remains intact, mostly in the Kansas Flint Hills. Established on November 12, 1996, the preserve protects a nationally significant remnant of the once vast tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Here the tallgrass makes its last stand.
Site Information
Location (2480B KS Hwy 177 Strong City)