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Parks in Nebraska

Explore 112 parks and public lands with richer details on amenities, trail access, and park types.

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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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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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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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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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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Blue River State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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Bluestem State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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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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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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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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Branched Oak State Recreation Area

Branched Oak State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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Bridgeport State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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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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Buffalo Bill Ranch State Recreation Area

Buffalo Bill Ranch State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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Calamus Reservoir (Virginia Smith Dam)

Nebraska

Virginia Smith Dam (formerly called Calamus Dam) and Calamus Reservoir, North Loup Division, P-SMBP, are on th…

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Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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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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Cheyenne State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Nebraska

Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System managed by the U.S. Fi…

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Danish Alps State Recreation Area

Nebraska

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