Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Kansas
🔴 hikes
Free entry
Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America, but within a generation most of it had been transformed into farms, cities, and towns. 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.
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No entrance fee.
Hours
Hiking trails are open 24/7; no camping, no open flames, no drones. Prescribed fire and cattle/bison operations may close specific trails. Watch for signs. Trail maps available at the Visitor Center and most trailheads. Cell phone tour information is available at the kiosk and on the waysides. Visitor Center and historic buildings are open daily from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm May 1st through October 31 and 9 am to 4:30 pm November 1 - April 30. Visitor Center closed Monday and Tuesday, from November 1 to March 31.
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Things to do
Nature Trails
Take a Self-Guiding Tour of the Ranch
Try Catch and Release Fishing
Explore Tallgrass Visitor Center
🔴 Take 12 to West Branch
🔴 Bison viewing on the Scenic Overlook Trail
Break on the Bottomland Trail
Visitor centers
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Visitor Center
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
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