Looking Glass Creek Wildlife Management Area
The 67-acre area has two small lakes and is about half wooded, half prairie. A mile south of Monroe along the Loup River | Monroe, NE Favorite
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Red Wing Wildlife Management Area
320 acres along the Elkhorn River. It is mostly wooded, with some prairies and marshes. Five miles west of town on a county road | Neligh, NE Favorite
Mulberry Bend Overlook
Part of the Missouri National Recreational River, both a unit of the National Park System and the National Wild and Scenic River Systems. The overlook, by the Newcastle-Vermillion Bridge on Highway 15, offers a spectacular view of the Missouri River. Handicapped accessible for a good portion, the paved walk to various lookouts is moderately strenuous, […]
Buckskin Hills Wildlife Management Area
Has 340 acres of prairie and woods, with a 75-acre lake. Two miles west and two miles south of town on a county road | Newcastle, NE Favorite
Fontanelle Orchard
Six miles north of Fremont on Highway 275, then four miles east on Highway 91 | Nickerson, NE | 402-727-5272 Favorite
Niobrara State Park
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. Ferry Landing located two miles downstream close to Standing Bear Bridge. The park offers guided horseback rides, playground equipment and a […]
Bazile Creek Wildlife Management Area
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. The area is two miles east of town on Highway 12 | Niobrara, NE Favorite
Ta-Ha-Zouka Park
Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail at, a multi-purpose trail suitable for walking, bicycling and horseback riding. Surface is either pavement or crushed limestone. Trailheads are located in Norfolk and Valentine. Camping – 22 trailers, $6-$9. 2201 S. 13th St. | Norfolk, NE | (402) 844-2180 www.ci.norfolk.ne.us/parks Favorite
Willow Creek State Recreation Area
A 1,633-acre area with a 700-acre lake. The area has a swimming beach, two playgrounds, an eight-mile hiking/horseback trail around the lake and seven rock jetties. 7 fishing piers, waterskiing, windsurfing, shotgun hunting, shelters and trails. 18 tents, 101 trailers, $11-$15. 2 miles Southwest | Pierce, NE | (402) 329-4053 www.outdoornebraska.ne.gov Favorite
Sioux Strip Wildlife Management Area
Has three interrupted tracts totaling 25 acres. Three miles southeast of Randolph, NE Favorite
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