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The Flint Hills is Kansas's most beautiful and expansive natural landmark, starting seemingly out of nowhere and extending far past what you can see with the naked eye. Nevin Godfrey/Flickr According to what we can find, it's the most dense area of intact tallgrass prairie in North America. Vincent Parsons/Flickr Advertisement
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The Flint Hills Scenic Byway stretches 47.2 miles across the Flint Hills of Kansas on K-177 between Council Grove and Cassoday. It is a beautiful drive year-round showing off the panoramic vistas of the tallgrass prairie.
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"The Flint Hills of Kansas remain true to their unique and nationally important story as a well preserved and sustainable Tallgrass prairie living landscape." Mission Statement: "The residents of the Flint Hills work collectively to balance preservation, conservation, education, recreation, economic development and interpretation for the betterment of the lifestyle and natural resources of the.
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Flint Hills of Kansas Engage in the vast beauty of rolling hills and breathtaking views along the Flint Hills in east-central Kansas. This is one of the largest tallgrass prairies left in the world and can still be experienced by visitors through historic attractions, hiking, overnight stays, education, and events.
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Biking Birding Cycling Horseback riding Strolling Side-trip exploration Flint Hills Trail State Park is an ongoing rails-to-trails system that offers biking, hiking, and horseback riding from town to town along the Flint Hills.
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Info Alerts Maps Calendar Fees Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America, but within a generation most of it had been transformed into farms, cities, and towns. Today less than 4% remains intact, mostly in the Kansas Flint Hills.
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The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, [1] are a region of hills and prairies that lie mostly in eastern Kansas. It is named for the abundant residual flint eroded from the bedrock that lies near or at the surface.
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Despite differences of opinion about the exact boundaries, most geologists agree that the Flint Hills extend from Marshall County in the north to Cowley County in the south (across the state line in Oklahoma, they are known as the Osage Hills). The Flint Hills were formed by the erosion of Permian-age limestones and shales.
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Historically known as Blue Stem Hills, Flint Hills is located in Manhattan, Kansas. The State of Kansas is broadly divided into 6 regions, and Flint Hills Kansas is situated in the eastern region. It also falls under north-central Oklahoma, with the largest intact tallgrass prairie in North America.
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Clocking in at 117 miles, Flint Hills Trail State Park is the longest rail-trail in Kansas (seventh-longest in the nation). Cutting across five counties of the Flint Hills region, it connects the communities Osawatomie to Council Grove. The trail is currently under development to continue west from Council Grove to Herrington.
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The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, is a region in eastern Kansas and north-central Oklahoma. It was named for the abundant flint eroded from the bedrock near or at the surface.
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The Flint Hills is a unique tallgrass prairie ecosystem found in central North America centered on Kansas and northern Oklahoma (where they are known as the Osage Hills). It is a tallgrass prairie, a type of temperate grassland, marked by few trees but abundant forbs and grasses that can grow up to 10 feet tall.
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Arts & Culture | November 2018 What Makes the Flint Hills of Kansas a Sight to See 70 classical musicians. 200 acres of windblown prairie. And the bracing spirit of the heartland. A Kansas.
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Drive the Kansas Flint Hills Scenic Byway, visit Spring Hill Ranch on Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, and tour Santa Fe Trail history in Council Grove. I was a guest of the Kansas Office of Tourism & Travel and the Council Grove Chamber of Commerce & Tourism, but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
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The Flint Hills Voted one of the Eight Wonders of Kansas, the Flint Hills are a special, magical place. Located west of Emporia, and extending north and south for several hundred miles, the Flint Hills are one of the last remaining tallgrass prairie eco-systems in the world.
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The Flint Hills is a region of Kansas . Understand [ edit] The Flint Hills encompasses 13 Kansas counties (Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Geary, Greenwood, Lyon, Marshall, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee) and smaller areas of 7 peripheral counties (Clay, Dickinson, Jackson, Marion, Ottawa, Saline, Shawnee).