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New Winter Hours at the Preserve

October 24, 2022 · Source: National Park Service

Winter frost on the historic house
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STRONG CITY, Kansas: Beginning November 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023 the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve visitor center contact station (historic house) will be staffed Wednesday through Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and unstaffed on Mondays and Tuesdays. The historic ranch buildings will remain open during this time with normal winter hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Regular visitor center contact station hours and bookstore will resume March 1, 2023 with seven days per week coverage. Hiking trail maps and passport cancellation station are still available in the house. Trail maps are also located in the kiosk at the base of the driveway hill.

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