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Fort Robinson State Park

Fort Robinson State Park

Nebraska

A large Pine Ridge park built around an old Army fort, with many original buildings still in use. See the hist…

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Indian Cave State Park

Indian Cave State Park

Nebraska

A rugged park along the Missouri River named for its large sandstone cave. Camp, picnic, ride horses, and hike…

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Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge

Nebraska

Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge is a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System managed by the U.S. Fish…

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Chadron State Park

Chadron State Park

Nebraska

Nebraska's first state park, set among the buttes and canyons of the Pine Ridge. Camp, stay in a cabin, picnic…

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Ash Hollow State Historical Park

Ash Hollow State Historical Park

Nebraska

A historic stop on the Oregon and California trails near Lewellen, with a spring-fed stream and wide views ove…

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Arbor Lodge State Historical Park

Arbor Lodge State Historical Park

Nebraska

A historic estate in Nebraska City that was home to Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton. Tour the mansion, wa…

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Ashfall State Historical Park

Ashfall State Historical Park

Nebraska

A fossil site where volcanic ash buried ancient animals millions of years ago. Watch paleontologists dig, see …

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Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park

Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park

Nebraska

The restored home and barn of showman William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody at North Platte. Tour the Second Empire-s…

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Desoto National Wildlife Refuge

Nebraska

Desoto National Wildlife Refuge is a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System managed by the U.S. Fish and …

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Eugene T. Mahoney State Park

Eugene T. Mahoney State Park

Nebraska

A year-round family park between Lincoln and Omaha. Swim at the aquatic center, hike and bike the trails, clim…

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Fort Atkinson State Historical Park

Fort Atkinson State Historical Park

Nebraska

A reconstructed early Army fort at Fort Calhoun, built in 1820 on the advice of the Lewis and Clark Expedition…

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Niobrara State Park

Niobrara State Park

Nebraska

A park where the Niobrara and Missouri rivers meet. Camp in a tent or RV, stay in a cabin, swim, fish, ride ho…

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Platte River State Park

Platte River State Park

Nebraska

A wooded park on the Platte River bluffs between Lincoln and Omaha. Stay in a cabin or campground, hike and bi…

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Ponca State Park

Nebraska

A forested park on the Missouri River bluffs in northeast Nebraska. Watch wildlife and migrating birds, take i…

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Smith Falls State Park

Smith Falls State Park

Nebraska

A park on the Niobrara National Scenic River with Nebraska's highest waterfall. Camp, swim, and use it as a ta…

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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Nebraska

In the early 1900s, paleontologists unearthed the Age of Mammals when they found full skeletons of extinct Mio…

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Alexandria State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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Almena Diversion Dam

Nebraska

The Almena Diversion Dam is located 8 miles east of Norton, Kansas along the valley of Prairie Dog Creek in no…

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Arcadia Diversion Dam

Nebraska

Arcadia Diversion Dam is on the Middle Loup River about 8.5 miles upstream from Arcadia, Nebraska. The projec…

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Blue River State Recreation Area

Nebraska

recreation area

Bluestem State Recreation Area

Nebraska

recreation area

Bowring Ranch State Historical Park

Nebraska

A Hereford demonstration ranch in the Sandhills near Merriman. Tour the ranch house and learn about ranching, …

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Box Butte Reservoir

Nebraska

Box Butte Dam and reservoir are features of the Mirage Flats Project. Recreation is managed for the Bureau of …

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Branched Oak Lake

Branched Oak Lake

Nebraska

Branched Oak, NE, a State Recreation Area located 4 miles west of Raymond, NE on Oak Creek, boasts some of the…

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