Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
226 Broadway
Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845
620-273-8494
http://www.nps.gov/tapr
National Park: Birding, Hike, Picnic, RV, Walk
The preserve protects a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass ecosystem. Of the 400,000 square miles of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North American Continent, less than 1 percent remains, primarily in the Flint Hills.