Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
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Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve:
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Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
226 Broadway
Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845
Phone:620-273-6034
Fax:620-273-6099
Web: www.nps.gov/tapr/
Size: 10,894 acres.
Established: Established on November 12, 1996. The federal government will own up to 180 acres, with the National Park Trust -- the purchaser of the property in 1994 -- retaining ownership of the rest of the preserve. The Nation Park Service will manage and operate the entire preserve under a public-private agreement.
Location:Preserve headquarters is 2 miles north of Strong City, Kansas, on US 177, 18 miles west of Emporia and 85 miles northeast of Wichita.
Facilities:Historic ranch headquarters area with buildings dating from the late 19th century; a late 19th century one-room school house; nature trail.
Activities:Hiking, self-guided and ranger-guided tours, living history demonstrations.
Special Features:Tallgrass prairie once covered 400,000 square miles of North America.Less than 4 % remains, mostly in the Flint Hills of Kansas. This nationally-significant example of the once vast tallgrass prairie ecosystem also includes historic buildings and cultural resources of the Spring Hill Ranch.
See other parks in Kansas.