Nearby Attractions

Mahoney State Park, about 20 miles from Lincoln, is located on the bank of the Platte River. Indoor ice skating, camping, cabins, and viewing towers are among the attractions of this resort park.

Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, about an hour's drive southeast of Lincoln, across the Missouri border, is the site of a spectacular fall migration. Snow geese number in the hundreds of thousands, ducks, bald eagles, and deer by the hundreds, can be spotted and viewed from a 10-mile perimeter road that encircles a wetland refuge.

Central Nebraska, a little over an hour's drive west of Lincoln, is the site of an annual Sandhill Crane migration involving 80% of the worlds population of these huge, fascinating birds. Each year, between February and April, hundreds of thousands of cranes can be seen in the Platte River and gleaning in the surrounding fields in huge clusters. A live "cranecam" documents their activities, but it is worth the visit to see these creatures firsthand.

Several manageable and interesting road trips are also among activities to divert residents of Lincoln: Nebraska City is the site of Arbor Day Farm and a registered historic city; Omaha, NE, one hour away, is a major city with a population of about 400,000 that offers many additional options; Kansas City is about 3 hours away; and Denver, CO, about 6 hours away.