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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve — b Ks Hwy 177
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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is currently Closed.
As of: 6:03 am (CDT)   Tue May 6, 2025.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Hours

Mon 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tue 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wed 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thu 8:30am - 4:30pm
Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm
Sat 8:30am - 4:30pm
Sun 8:30am - 4:30am

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2480b Ks Hwy 177
Strong City, KS   66869Driving Directions
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Operating Hours & Seasons

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Trails are open 24/7. Prescribed fire will close trails. Watch for signs. Visitor Center hours are 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. May through October. Visitor Center hours are 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. November through April

Standard Hours

  • Sunday:8:30 AM-4:30 AM
  • Monday:8:30 AM-4:30 PM
  • Tuesday:8:30 AM-4:30 PM
  • Wednesday:8:30 AM-4:30 PM
  • Thursday:8:30 AM-4:30 PM
  • Friday:8:30 AM-4:30 PM
  • Saturday:8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Fees & Passes

    Entrance Fees:

    • $0.00 - No entrance fee
      All activities are free at the preserve.

    Entrance Passes:

    • $0.00 - No annual passes
      Entrance to the preserve is free.

    About

    Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie

    Where's the tall grass? 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% 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.

    Directions

    By Car: The preserve is located in northern Chase County, Kansas 2 miles north of intersection U.S. Hwy 50 and Flint Hills National Scenic Byway 177 (K-177) west of Strong City. Watch for brown attraction signs. 2 miles north of Strong City, KS on K-177 16 miles west of Emporia, KS on U.S. Hwy 50 and 2 miles north on K-177 17 miles south of Council Grove, KS on K-177 85 miles northeast of Wichita on I-35, U.S. Hwy 50, and K-177 60 miles southwest of Topeka on I-335 (Kansas Turnpike) to Em

    Visitor Centers

    Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

    Begin your visit to the preserve at the visitor center, complete with 10-minute orientation video, exhibits, restrooms, and drinking fountains.

    Weather

    Typical weather for the preserve ranges from lows of zero in the winter and highs of 90 + degrees in the summer. Please check current weather conditions at NOAA before hiking into the preserve. Lightning poses a danger when hiking into the prairie.

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