Alda Bridge Crane Viewing Site
Located in Hall County, 2 miles south of I-80 exit 305 on the Alda Road. This handicap-accessible viewing platform provi...

Amick Acres Lakes
Located in Hall County, 2 miles west and 1 mile north of Doniphan. This growing subdivision has more than a dozen sandpi...

Arcadia Riverview Recreation, LLC
Sherman County. Arcadia.

Drive west from Arcadia on Hgwy 70. Take the first south turn west of the river bridge. Trav...

Audubon: Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary & Iain Nicholson Audubon Center.
Buffalo County: Gibbon and Kearney. Area 1,250 acres. This area, the largest Audubon refuge in the region, protects prim...

Bassway Strip Wildlife Management Area.
Buffalo County: 636 acres. Four ponds and 7 miles of river frontage. Located 0.5 mile south of the Minden I-80 exit 279,...

Birdwood Lake Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: North Platte and Hershey. Area 20 acres, upland, 13 acres. lake. Located 6 miles southwest of North Pla...

Bittern's Call Wildlife Management Area
Dawson County: Lexington. Located about 10 miles north of Lexington on State Highway 2l. Consists of 80 acres of mixed u...

Blue Hole Wildlife Management Area
Buffalo County: Elm Creek and Kearney. Area 539 acres, plus 30-acre pond and two miles of river frontage. Mostly riparia...

Box Elder Canyon Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: Maxwell and North Platte. Located three miles south and 2.5 miles west of Maxwell. This 20-acre site con...

Cameron Cemetery
Located in Hall County, 2 miles west of Wood River then 5 miles north and 1/3 mile west. This country cemetery is surro...

Cornhusker Wildlife Management Area
Located in Hall County, 4 miles west of Grand Island on 60th road. 841 acres of upland habitat in 3 separate parcels. H...

Cottonmill Lake Public Use Area
A hike-bike trail extends six miles from this area to the outskirts of Kearney. Located 4 miles west of Kearney on Highw...

Cozad Wildlife Management Area.
Dawson County. Cozad and Lexington. Area 182 acres of upland, 16 acres wetland, 0.5 mile of river frontage. Located 0.3 ...

Crane Meadows Nature Center
Located in Hall County, at Exit 305 (Alda)on I-80. The newly remodeled Crane Meadows Visitor Center provides displays, ...

Crystal Lake State Recreational Area
Located in Adams County, 1.5 miles north of Ayr. Free Camping and primitive facilities. Picnic shelters and electrical h...

Darr Strip Wildlife Management Area
Dawson: Lexington. Area 976 acres, with 2.5 miles of river frontage. Located 0.3 mile south, 2.5 miles east of Cozad I-8...

Dogwood Wildlife Management Area
Dawson: Lexington and Overton. Area 402 acres. with 10-acre lake, 1.5 miles of river frontage. Drive 1.5 miles north of ...

Eagle Scout Park
Located in Hall County, 3 miles north of Grand Island on Highway 281. Eagle Scout Park has an 80 acre lake surrounded b...

East Cozad Wildlife Management Area
Dawson County: Cozad and Lexington. Area 18 acres, all upland. Located 0.1 mile south, 1.5 miles east of Cozad I-80 exit...

East Hershey Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: North Platte and Hershey. Take I-80 exit 164. Drive east on road, that parallels I-80.

East Odessa Wildlife Management Area
Buffalo County: Odessa and Kearney. Area 71 ac., and a seven ac. pond. 3 miles west of Kearney on State Highway 30 and 2...

East Sutherland Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: Hershey and North Platte.   Take Hershey exit 164 south off I80. Turn west on first road, para...

East Willow Island Wildlife Management Area
Dawson: Willow Island and Cozad. 2miles northwest of Cozad on Hgwy 30 and 1 mile south

Elm Creek Wildlife Management Area
Located three miles south of Cowles in Webster County. Mostly wooded, with a creek and slough at one end.

Eugene T. Mahoney State Park
Borders Saunders Cass county line. Lincoln. Omaha, Waverly. Area 574 acres. Located 1-80 exit 426. This is a highly deve...

Fremont Slough Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: North Platte and Maxwell. I80 exit 179 south about a mile to State Farm Rd. East about 2 miles.

Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area.
Dawson County: Cozad. Area 400-acre reservoir, 24 acres upland. One of canyons in the loess hills, and an associated res...

Gibbon Bridge Crane Viewing Platform
This bridge,1.5 miles south of I-80 exit 285 in Buffalo County, provides a parking area and viewing platform (Central Pl...

Greenwood Cemetery
Located on the outskirts of York in York County, it consistantly produces good songbirds in the summer and a variety of ...

Griess Waterfowl Production Area
Located in Fillmore County, 3 miles south and 3 miles west of Grafton. Habitat includes 20 acres of wetlands and 20 acre...

Griffith Prairie and Farm
Located in Hamilton County, Griffith Prairie is a scenic, hilly prairie situated in the bluffs along the Platte River. O...

Hall County Park
Located in Hall County, south of Grand Island near the Stuhr Museum, 1 mile south of Hwy 34 on U.S. HWY 281 and 0.5 mile...

Hannon Waterfowl Production Area
Located in Hall County, 1 mile east and 2 miles north of the I-80 Shelton Exit 292. Habitat includes wet meadows and sur...

Harold W. Andersen Wildlife Management Area
Howard County: St. Paul. Consists of about 12 miles of Loup River frontage, with bottomland timber and a marshy oxbow. T...

Heron Waterfowl Production Area
Located in York County including 215 acres of wetland and 105 acres of upland.

Hershey Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: Hershey, North Platte. From Hershey exit, located 0.2 mile south, 0.2 mile east.

Jeffrey Canyon Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln: North Platte, Brady. Area 900-acre reservoir, 35 acres upland. Located 5 miles south, 1 mile west and 0.5 mile ...

Johnson Lake State Recreational Area
Located in Gosper County, 7 miles south of Lexington on U.S. HWY 283, just south of the Dawson and Gosper County line. H...

Lilley's Sand and Gravel
Located in Hall County, 2 miles south of the Wood River I-80 exit 300. Lilley's includes about 20 sandpit lakes surround...

Linder Waterfowl Production Area
Located in Phelps County, 1 mile north and 5 miles east of Bertrand.

Loch Linda Wildlife Management Area
Located in Hall County, 3 miles east of the Alda I-80 exit 300, then a mile south over the interstate and 2 miles east. ...

Maloney Reservoir State Recreation Area
Lincoln County: North Platte and Hershey.1,600-acre reservoir, 1,732 acres. upland. Located 6 miles south of North Platt...

Marie Ratzlaff Prairie
Located in Hamilton County, at the intersection of county roads "4" and "W" and managed by the Prairie Plains Resource I...

Martin's Reach Wildlife Management Area
Located in Hall County, 0.5 mile south and three miles west of the I-80 Wood River Exit 300. Includes 80 heavily wooded ...

Midway Lake Wildlife Management Area
Dawson: Cozad. A reservoir near the Tri-County Canal. At its upper (southern) end is Midway Canyon, an eroded area of lo...

Mormon Island Crane Meadows
Located in Hall County, 1 mile south of I-80 exit 312 on U.S. HWY 281 then west on Elm Island Road. This is the largest...

Mormon Island State Recreational Area
Located in Hall County, 0.25 mile north of I-80 at the Grand Island Exit 312. Habitat includes 3 lakes and their surroun...

Muskrat Run Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: North Platte and Hershey. Take I-80 exit 177 north to highway 30, then west 7 miles, and north 2 miles.

Nelson Waterfowl Production Area
Located in Hamilton County, 3 miles north of Stockham. Habitat includes 143 acres of wetland and 17 acres of upland.

North Platte Sewage lagoons
Lincoln County: North Platte. These sites are reached by leaving I-80 at exit 179, and going north on spur road L56G. Cr...

North River Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: North Platte, Brady. Area 68l acres, 2 miles of river frontage. Located 3 miles north of Hershey. There ...

Oxbow Trail Reservoir Recreational Area
Oxbow Trail Recreational Area is located in Butler County, 1.5 miles east of Ulysses. Managed by the Upper Big Blue Natu...

Platte River Whooping Crane Trust
Located in Hall County, 2 miles south of I-80 Alda Exit 305 and 1 mile east on Whooping Crane Drive. The "Crane Trust" ...

Platte Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: North Platte and Maxwell. I-80 Exit 179, east approximately 3 miles via Island Road.

Plum Creek Wildlife Management Area
Located in Gosper County, 2 miles west of Johnson lake.

Prairie Lake Public Use Area
Prairie Lake Public Use Area is located in Adams County approximately 2 miles south and 5 miles west of Hastings. Prairi...

Prairie Wolf Wildlife Management Area
Nance County: Genoa and Fullerton. Area 3l4 acres. Mainly bottomlands along the Loup River, with some open grasslands an...

Ravenna Lake State Recreation Area
Buffalo County: Ravenna. Area 53 acres. Situated along the South Loup River, with a small reservoir. State park entry pe...

Recharge Lake Recreational Area
Located in York County, 1.5 miles west of York, Recharge Lake recreation area contains a 50 acre reservoir. Developed fo...

Redtail Wildlife Management Area
Located in Butler County, 1 mile east of Dwight. Habitat includes a 26 acre lake with 320 acres of upland.

Renquist Basin Wildlife Management Area
Located in York County, 4.5 miles west and 5 miles north of Benedict. This site consists of 90 acres of marshland, 10 ac...

Sandy Channel State Recreation Area
Buffalo County: Elmcreek and Kearney. Area 133 acres. Contains 11 small lakes (old sand pits) and ponds, totaling 47 acr...

Shoemaker Island Road
Located in Hall County, 2 miles south of the I-80 Alda Exit 305, running west to 1 mile south of the Wood River I-80 Exi...

Sunny Hollow Wildlife Management Area
Nance County: Genoa and Fullerton. Area 160 acres. Mostly grassy uplands, with two marshes and a dugout wetland. Located...

Taylor Ranch
Located in Hall County, 4 miles west and 3 miles north of Grand Island. Taylor Ranch is a privately owned 7000 acre ran...

Union Pacific State Recreation Area
Buffalo County: Odessa and Kearney. 26ac. and a 15 ac. pond. State partk permit required. 2 miles south of Odessa on Hig...

War Axe State Recreation Area
Buffalo County: Shelton and Kearney. Area nine acres. plus a 12-acre pond. State park permit required. 4 miles south of ...

Wellfleet Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln: North Platte. Located just west of the village of Wellfleet. or 25 miles south of North Platte, U.S. Highway 83...

West Brady Wildlife Management Area
Lincoln County: North Platte and Brady.Leave interstate at I-80 exit 199. North 1 mile, west 2 miles, cross over the int...

Willow Island Wildlife Management Area
Dawson County: Cozad and Gothenburg and Willow Island. 45ac. upland, 35 ac. lake, and riparian woodland. 4 miles northwe...

Windmill State Recreation Area
Buffalo County: Shelton and Kearney. Area 168 acres, with 5 ponds. State park entry permit required. Located at I-80 exi...

Wood River West Wildlife Management Area
Located in Hall County, 1.5 miles west of the I-80 Wood River Exit 310. Site includes a 23 acre lake and surrounding ri...