Fort Scott National Historic Site · Kansas

Tallgrass Prairie Trail

0.1 mi of trail, end to end · 836 ft–842 ft · earth surface

Exhibits

842 ft 839 ft · 0.1 mi high 842 ft

Along the way Backyards Tallgrass Prairie Trail

On the parks map

All 1 trails in Fort Scott National Historic SiteFind a trailOn the parks mapPark on nps.gov

About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.