Kansas Parks and Recreation Areas with Birding

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 4 percent remains, primarily in the Flint Hills. read more...

Phone: 620-273-8494   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Cottonwood Falls   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Preserve   Activities: Birding, Hiking, Wildlife Watching, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Fort Larned was established in 1859 on the vast prairie in western Kansas near the midpoint of the Santa Fe Trail. As the major route of trade between Missouri and Santa Fe, there was an almost constant succession of freight caravans along the Trail. Plains Indians, alarmed by the seemingly endless stream of caravans disrupting their way of life, resisted passage of these latest arrivals through their homelands. read more...

Phone: 620-285-6911   Price Range: $3 - $5   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Larned   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Birding, Fishing, Wildlife Watching, Nature Walks   Details Provided By: Fort Larned