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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve


  • Address: Flint Hills National Scenic Byway 177 (K-177)
  • Vicinity: 2 mi N of jct US Hwy 50, NW of Strong City
  • US County of Chase County in Kansas
  • Type: Grassland
  • Activity Category: On Foot
  • On Foot Type: Hike

Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie

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 percent 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. - NPS


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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Lower Fox Creek School
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Spring Hill Farm and Stock Ranch House
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
KS 177 3 mi N of Strong City
Spring Hill Ranch
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
NW of Strong City

Geography »

Physiography
Physiographic feature Grassland

Data »

Particulars for Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve:
Animal Bison
Physiographic Attribute Bottomland
Locale Type Natural Environ
Ecosystem Tallgrass Prairie



Activities »

Activity
On Foot Type Hike
Activity Category On Foot

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