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ATTRACTIONS
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Bazile Creek Wildlife Management Area
Nearby, Bazile Creek Wildlife Management Area has 4,500 acres of mostly wetlands, with some mixed woods and grasslands. Often known as “Nebraska’s Everglades,” the high water table is a result of Gavins Point Dam downstream. Wildlife includes deer, dove, pheasant, quail, rabbit, squirrel, turkey and waterfowl. The area is two miles east of town on Highway 12.
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Kreycik Riverview Elk & Buffalo Tours/KSK Elk & Buffalo Hunting
Kreycik Riverview Elk & Buffalo Tours is a working ranch with covered wagon ride through bison, elk and fallow deer herds. Headquartered at the ranch, KSK Elk & Buffalo Hunting offers hunting in an area of densely-covered hills and canyons along the Niobrara River Valley. From town, go west on Highway 12, then south at the Niobrara State Park entrance. Follow signs heading south and west for eight miles, then turn south at River View Cemetery. Open year round. Admission. (402) 857-3850.
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Niobrara Museum
The Niobrara Museum exhibits artifacts from the area. It is open Memorial Day-Labor Day, Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday 1-3 p.m., or by appointment. (402) 857-3609.
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Niobrara State Park
Heading west along Highway 12, Niobrara is where the land takes on a wilder, more Western appearance. The rolling farmland ends and the road descends into the Missouri River valley near the mouth of the Niobrara River. It is a region of hilly grassland, bottomland woods, and wetlands so extensive that they are sometimes called “Nebraska’s Everglades.” Niobrara State Park is at the junction of the Niobrara and Missouri Rivers, a mile west of town on Highway 12. With 1,234 acres, it has more than 12 miles of hiking trails and a two-mile hike-bike trail that follows an old railroad grade and which crosses the Niobrara on a vintage iron truss bridge.
Camping facilities include 69 camping pads with electrical hookups, 50 non-pad sites without electricity, and 19 cabins on high bluffs overlooking the river. Cabins are open mid-April through December 31. Grounds are open year-round for day use and primitive camping. Drinking water, modern restrooms and showers, dump station, picnic tables and grills are also available. The park offers guided horseback rides, playground equipment and a swimming pool, and hosts bison stew cookouts on Saturday evenings Memorial Day through Labor Day."
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Niobrara Valley Golf Course
Niobrara Valley Golf Course is a nine-hole public course in Niobrara. (402) 857-3412.
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Ponca Earthlodge
Near the Ponca Community Building, the Ponca Earthlodge is a reconstructed earthlodge similar to those in the Ponca village when Lewis and Clark visited in 1804. The area also has a bison herd, historic American Indian cemetery and powwow arena. It is open year-round, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m, and on weekends May 15-Oct 15, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. or by appointment. (402) 857-3519.
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Swanson Hunting Acres
Nebraska’s largest and oldest controlled shooting area for pheasants is Swanson Hunting Acres, 2,300 acres of crop and rangeland. Hunts include lodging, food, birds, dogs and dog handlers. It is open Sept 1-March 31. 89054 519 Rd., Niobrara. (402) 857-3514 or (402) 857-3794.
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The Ponca Tribal Museum
"Niobrara is home to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, best known for Chief Standing Bear and the landmark 1879 civil rights case in which a federal court first recognized an Indian as a person under the law. The Ponca Tribal Museum has artifacts and photos from Ponca history, American Indian artwork, and a gift shop. It is adjacent to the Niobrara Museum downtown. It is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., or by appointment. (402) 857-3519."
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Upper Missouri River Float Trip/Missouri National Recreational River
"A great way to see the river is by signing up for the park’s Upper Missouri River Float Trip, offered mid-May through September. A guide will take you through the river’s braided channels in an inflatable workboat dubbed “The Little Pearl,” in honor of a ferry that used to operate here. This is part of the Missouri National Recreational River, a portion of the Missouri that has not been dredged and straightened for barge traffic, and which still resembles the wild river that Native Americans and explorers like Lewis and Clark would have known. The cost is $16 for adults and $14 for children. Contact the park for reservations.
Though anglers go out on the river from three boat access areas, excellent catfishing can be had on the handicap-accessible fishing bridge that spans the Niobrara along the hike-bike trail. Archery deer hunting is allowed during the last half of deer season; a special free permit is required.
Wildlife viewing in the park is excellent. In addition to a large population of white-tailed deer, wild turkeys roam the hills, and beaver, muskrat and mink live along the riverbanks. Woodland birds include whippoorwills, and bald eagles and ospreys are present part of the year.
Summer office hours are 8 a.m.-8 p.m., daily. Off-season hours are Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. A state park permit is required. (402) 857-3373."
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LODGING
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Hilltop Lodge
253-1 Walnut St.
Phone:
402-857-3611
Category: Hotel
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Mah-Ko-Chay Cabins
89115 525 Ave.
Phone:
402-857-3597
Category: Hotel
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Two Rivers Saloon and Hotel
254 12 Park Ave.
Phone:
402-857-3340
Category: Hotel
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MEMBERS
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Kreycik River View Elk & Buffalo Ranch Tours
Contact:Chris
Kreycik
88971 517 Ave
Phone:
(402) 857-3850
(402) 857-3848
Email: elkranch@bloomnet.com
Website: http://www.nebraskaelktours.com/
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T.R. Saloon, Inc.
Contact:Robert
Kelly
PO Box 376
Phone:
(402) 857-3340
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