• 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.

Features

  • The entrance sign at the preserve's historic ranch headquarters

    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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  • Wildflower Prairie Walk

    Wildflower Prairie Walk on October 20, 2012.

    Chase County Tallgrass Prairie Walk at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve by Glenn Fell of the KNPS. Search our event schedule for Oct.20, 2012.

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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 bison herd grow, which now numbers twenty. The herd originated from Windcave Nat'l. Park.

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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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  • New visitor center has been a long time coming. It's official.

    It's Official - Visitor Center is Dedicated

    On Friday, July 13, 2012 officials cut the ribbon and officially dedicated the new visitor center at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.

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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?

Southwind Nature Trail at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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.