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Second Annual Candlelight Tour Coming To Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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By NPT Staff - November 10th, 2017

Candlelight tours of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve's historic ranch will be offered on December 2, but you need to reserve a spot/Lewis Photography via NPS

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas is taking reservations for the preserve’s 2nd annual Candlelight Tour, which is scheduled for Saturday, December 2. All activities are free, but reservations are required for this event and fill up fast. Please call the visitor center at 620-273-8494 (hit 0) to make your free reservation.

Walking tours of 15 people every 15 minutes will rotate through the historic ranch corridor among paths lit by lantern light. The first tour begins at 6 p.m. and then at 15 minute intervals. Each tour is approximately one hour, with the last tour beginning at 9:30 p.m. Walking surfaces are gravel and grass paths, with many steps into and out of the buildings throughout the tour. Please arrive 15 minutes ahead of your tour time, dress for cold weather, and wear good walking shoes.

Costumed characters will present historic first-person vignettes in and around the historic buildings as visitors are transported back to the 1880s through a series of scenes portraying documented activities and events that took place at the ranch over 130 years ago. Visitors will learn about the ranch’s rich heritage of cattle, railroads, and prairie fires in Chase County.

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