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Winter tends to be cold and dry, with average daytime highs below 40F (4C). Foehn winds blowing across the Great Plains from the Southwest periodically raise temperatures above 80F (27C). Unsettled warmer air, higher winds, and severe weather arrive in the spring and often last through early July. Late summer days hover above 90F (32C) and readings over 100F (38C) are not uncommon. Fall is variable but generally milder with showers changing to snow and ice later.","contacts":{"phone":"620-285-6911","email":"fols_internet@nps.gov"},"visitorCenters":[{"name":"Fort Larned Visitor Center","description":"Located in one of the two historic barracks buildings, the park's Visitor Center features a bookstore with a wide variety of books on Army life, the Plains Indians and the Santa Fe Trail. Exhibits in the museum tell the stories of the westward expansion of the United States government, international commerce, and conflicts affecting the American Indians, traders, soldiers, and Indian agents in and around Fort Larned.","url":"http://www.nps.gov/fols/index.htm","lat":38.183811192,"lon":-99.2184981686}],"campgrounds":[],"thingsToDo":[],"nearby":[{"slug":"quivira-national-wildlife-refuge","km":63},{"slug":"santa-fe-national-historic-trail","km":80},{"slug":"nicodemus-national-historic-site","km":139},{"slug":"kirwin-national-wildlife-refuge","km":164},{"slug":"salt-plains-national-wildlife-refuge","km":181},{"slug":"tallgrass-prairie-national-preserve","km":233}],"hasBoundary":true,"boundarySource":{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division","url":"https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2224545"},"sources":[{"name":"NPS Data API","url":"https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1/parks?parkCode=fols"},{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division boundaries","url":"https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/NPS_Land_Resources_Division_Boundary_and_Tract_Data_Service/FeatureServer/2"}],"editorialStatus":"draft","synced":"2026-11-09T02:12:45.612Z","alerts":[],"url":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/sites/fort-larned-national-historic-site/","boundaryUrl":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/boundaries/fort-larned-national-historic-site.geojson"}