Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
 Photo courtesy of Kansas Travel and Tourism |
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| Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Rt. 1, Box 14, Hwy 177 Strong City, KS 66869 Map This! |
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| (620) 273-8494 |
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| www.nps.gov/tapr/ | |
| tapr_interpretation@nps.gov | |
| Admission: Currently there is not a fee for entering the pres | |
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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a new kind of national park. The preserve is 10,861 acres, but most of that land will remain under the ownership of the Nature Conservancy, which purchased the land in 2005. The land was originally purchased by the National Park Trust in 1994. The National Park Service may own up to 180 acres, yet the legislation calls for the entire acreage to be managed cooperatively by the National Park Service and the private land owner.
The preserve protects a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass ecosystem. Of the 400,000 square miles of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North American Continent, less than 4 percent remains, primarily in the Flint Hills.
For more information, contact the Superintendent,
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
P.O. Box 585, 226 Broadway
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas 66845
Telephone: 620-273-6034
Fax: 620-273-6099
Closures: The park is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day. It remains open 362 days a year, weather permitting.