The Flint Hills in central Kansas are an amazing sight no matter the time of year. It preserves our ranch heritage and tall grass prairies. Learn more about this valuable Kansas resource at the following links.
NEW! National Tallgrass Preserve literature
http://www.nps.gov/tapr/upload/rackCard2.pdf
Tallgrass Prairie Maps
http://www.kansasenergy.org/KEC/FHmaps.html
(Kansas Energy Information Network)
Travel in the Flint Hills
http://kansasflinthills.travel/
Flint Hills as featured in National Geographic:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/04/tallgrass-prairie/klinkenborg-text
Flint Hills as a geologic region
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/flinthills/flinthills.html and
http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/field/flint/flint.htm
Flint Hills National Scenic Byway:
http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2095/ andhttp://www.ksbyways.org/Pages/Flint/flint1.html
Symphony in the Flint Hills
http://www.symphonyintheflinthills.org/
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
http://www.fws.gov/flinthills/
Kaw Mission State Historic Site
http://www.kshs.org/places/kawmission/
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
http://www.nps.gov/archive/tapr/home.htm
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2 comments:
Thanks for all the great information about this magnificent landscape.
Wonderful set of links. Thank you!
Positive mention of the Kansas Flint Hills always gets my attention.
Hope your readers will stop by for a visit; a truly distinctive place!
Dr. Bill ;-)
Personal Blog: http://flinthillsofkansas.blogspot.com/
Our 22 county Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Inc. promotes experiential tourism visits to the Kansas Flint Hills – the website is: http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/
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