Parks in Nebraska
Explore 31 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…
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…
Arcadia Diversion Dam
Nebraska
Arcadia Diversion Dam is on the Middle Loup River about 8.5 miles upstream from Arcadia, Nebraska. The projec…
Box Butte Reservoir
Nebraska
Box Butte Dam and reservoir are features of the Mirage Flats Project. Recreation is managed for the Bureau of …
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…
Calamus Reservoir (Virginia Smith Dam)
Nebraska
Virginia Smith Dam (formerly called Calamus Dam) and Calamus Reservoir, North Loup Division, P-SMBP, are on th…
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Nebraska
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1931, and is located 28 miles north of Oshkosh, Nebr…
Davis Creek Reservoir
Nebraska
Davis Creek Dam and Reservoir are features of the North Loup Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. Res…
Enders Reservoir
Nebraska
Enders Dam and reservoir, Frenchman Cambridge Division, PSMBP, is managed for the Bureau of Reclamation by the…
Harry Strunk Lake (Medicine Creek State Park Recreation Area)
Nebraska
Harry Strunk Lake,
Homestead National Historical Park
Nebraska
The Homestead Act of 1862 transformed the world. Millions were invited to file claims including, families, imm…
Hugh Butler Lake (Red Willow Reservoir State Recreation Area)
Nebraska
Recreation at Hugh Butler Lake, Frenchman Cambridge Division, in southwestern Nebraska, is managed for the Bur…
John W. and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge
Nebraska
The Refuge is found in the Sandhills of north-central Nebraska, as a sanctuary among the Sandhills. The Sandhi…
Keith Sebelius Reservoir (Prairie Dog State Park)
Nebraska
Norton Dam and Keith Sebelius Reservoir are features of the PSMBP - Almena Unit. The reservoir is open 24 hour…
Lake Alice
Nebraska
The North Platte Project extends 111 miles along the river valley from Guernsey, Wyoming to below Bridgeport, …
Lake Minatare State Recreation Area
Nebraska
Lake Minatare is a feature of the North Platte Project. Managed as a State recreation area by the Nebraska Ga…
Lake Winters Creek
Nebraska
Lake Winters Creek is one of the four Inland Lakes in Nebraska. It is located immediately northwest of Lake M…
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Nebraska
The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail winds nearly 4,900 miles through the homelands of more than 60 Tri…
Merritt Reservoir
Nebraska
Merritt Dam, a feature of the Ainsworth Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, is on the Snake River 14 mile…
Nebraska National Forest
Nebraska
Home to the largest hand-planted forest in the Western Hemisphere at the Bessey Ranger District, Nebraska Nati…
Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands
Nebraska
Niobrara National Scenic River
Nebraska
With a little something for everyone, the Niobrara National Scenic River is a destination for crossing adventu…
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge
Nebraska
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge lies in the Panhandle of Western Nebraska. Established in 1916, the Refu…
Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District
Nebraska
Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District is a management office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It w…