Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
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Caution
Dangerous Highway Crossing
Highway 177 is 60 mph with a blind spot directly across from the house. Safely use the highway underpass to the Fox Creek Trail just south of the visitor center parking lot. Be smart, stay alive.
Hours
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Hours
| Every day | All Day |
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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.
Visitor centers
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Visitor Center
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Visitor Center
| Every day | 8:30AM - 4:30PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 1 – Mar 31: Winter Hours
- Nov 26: Thanksgiving Closure (closed)
Visitor center and historic buildings are open seven days a week.
Lower Fox Creek School is open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm from May 1 to December 31.
Summer hours run from May through October. Winter hours run November through March.
Visitor center page on nps.gov: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Visitor Center
About this park
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.