Chimney Rock has become one of the most famous landmarks in the American West. This unique formation--the most noted on the Oregon Trail--has come to symbolize the greatest voluntary migration in the history of mankind.
The cry was FREE LAND!! The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States.
Agate is an internationally recognized fossil site. However, as a place, Agate is so much more. The landscape surrounding the fossil beds has been a site of change for millions of years.
In 1804, Meriwether Lewis & William Clark began a voyage of discovery with 45 men, a keelboat, two pirogues, and a dog. They departed from Camp Wood located in what was to become Illinois.
There was a time there was just the river. Then people came. People and the river have been connected ever since. And now it's your turn.
This 76-mile reach of the Niobrara River in northcentral Nebraska was added to the nation's Wild and Scenic River System in 1991. The river is swift and shallow over much of its length, cutting through bedrock forming riffles, rapids and waterfalls.
A prominent natural landmark for emigrants on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff, Mitchell Pass and the adjacent prairie lands are set aside in a 3, 000 acre national monument.
The Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District (WMD) staff manages 61 tracts of wetland, totaling 23, 059 acres, scattered more than 14 counties in southeastern Nebraska.
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is 19, 131 acres in size and located 4 miles east of Valentine along the Niobrara River in north-central Nebraska.
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located eight miles northeast of Scottsbluff in the Nebraska Panhandle.
In the centuries before European settlement in this area, the Missouri River maintained multiple, braided channels. During times of flooding, the river would change course suddenly and unpredictably across its wide floodplain.
Davis Creek Dam and Reservoir are features of the North Loup Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. Reservoir open 24 hours. Fair access roads. Available species include largemouth bass, walleye, crappie, yellow perch, channel catfish, and bullhead.
Recreation at Hugh Butler Reservoir, Frenchman Cambridge Division, in southwestern Nebraska, is managed for the Bureau of Reclamation by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and extends from Palisade southeast along Frenchman River and from Trenton east
Swanson Reservoir, Frenchman Cambridge Division, P-SMBP, was formed by the construction in 1953 of Trenton Dam on the Republican River 2.5 miles west of Trenton, Nebraska. Reservoir open 24 hours. Good access roads. Fishing season is year-round.
Located in southcentral Nebraska, this is the second largest lake in the state. It is well known for its excellent walleye, catfish and white bass fishing.
This Corps area is leased to the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District. (Papio-Missouri River NRD, 8901 South 154th Street, Omaha, NE 68138-3621 402-444-6222). The surface area of the lake is 239 acres.
This Corps area is leased to the City of Omaha. (Department of Parks, Recreation & Public Property, 1819 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 402-444-5900). The surface area of the lake is 253 acres.
This Corps area is leased to the City of Omaha. (Department of Parks, Recreation & Public Property, 1819 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 402-444-5900). The surface area of the lake is 137 acres.
Holmes Lake, NE is a 112-acre lake located on Antelope Creek within the city of Lincoln, NE. Recreational opportunities at Holmes include fishing, hiking, biking, picnicking, and golfing.
This Corps area is leased to the City of Omaha. (Department of Parks, Recreation & Public Property, 1819 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 402-444-5900). The surface area of the lake is 377 acres with more than 1, 050 acres of surrounding park land.
Located from central Nebraska west to the northern Panhandle, into southwestern South Dakota, and on east to the state's center, lies the Nebraska National Forest.
6600 acres of Ponderosa pine mountains, providing primitive and semi-primitive recreation. Non-motorized, but many miles of popular mountain biking and horseback riding in an undiscovered part of Nebraska.