Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

"When we sing about America’s “amber waves of grain” and “beautiful for spacious skies,” we’re probably conjuring images of this swath of Kansas. A relatively new acquisition for the National Park Service, the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is still under development and becoming more and more accessible to visitors. Currently, five hiking trails exist, allowing people to explore the remaining 4 percent of the original 170 million acres of prairie that once covered North America: and the few remaining bison. From the center of this impossibly quite, wide-open space, you’ll have a sense of the original America." [Travel+Leisure]

Nature Preserve / National Park

Website: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Address: 2480B Kansas 177, Strong City, KS 66869

 

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