Kansas Parks and Recreation Areas

On October 26, 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-525 establishing Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site to commemorate the landmark Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation in public schools. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and, as such, violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees all citizens "equal protection of the laws." read more...

Phone: 785-354-4273   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Topeka   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities:   Details Provided By: Brown v. Board of Education

Nicodemus National Historic Site, Kansas. This area preserves, protects and interprets the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War. The town of Nicodemus is symbolic of the pioneer spirit of African-Americans who dared to leave the only region they had been familiar with to seek personal freedom and the opportunity to develop their talents and capabilities. read more...

Phone: 785-839-4233   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Bogue   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Tours   Details Provided By: Nicodemus National Historic Site

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

Promises made and broken! A town attacked at dawn! Thousands made homeless by war! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-73. All of the sites 20 historic structures, its parade ground, and its five acres of restored tallgrass prairie bear witness to this era when the United States was forged from a young divided republic into a united and powerful transcontinental nation. read more...

Phone: 620-223-0310   Price Range: $0 - $3   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Fort Scott,   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Site   Activities: Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs   Details Provided By: Fort Scott National Historic Site

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