🥾 Hiking on public land in Nebraska

210 public places in Nebraska are listed for hiking (107 open-access private land, 44 state & public land, 30 national parks, 24 wildlife management areas, 4 state parks, 1 parks). 107 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Adams Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Antelope Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Arthur Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Banner Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Banner,ScottsBluff Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Boone Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Boone,Wheeler Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — BoxButte Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Boyd Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Brown Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Brown,Rock Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Buffalo Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Burt Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Butler Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Cedar Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Chase Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Chase,Dundy Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Chase,Dundy,Perkins Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Chase,Hayes Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Chase,Perkins Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Cherry Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Cherry,Grant Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Cheyenne Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Clay Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Colfax Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Cuming Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Cuming,Stanton Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Custer Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Custer,Valley Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Dakota Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Dawes Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Dawes,Sioux Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Dawson Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Deuel Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Dixon Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Dundy Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Franklin Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Franklin,Kearney Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Frontier Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Frontier,Hayes,RedWillow Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Furnas Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Furnas,Gosper Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Furnas,Harlan Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Gage Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Garden Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Garfield Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Gosper Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Gosper,Furnas Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Greeley Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Harlan Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Harlan,Furnas Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Hayes Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Hayes,Dundy Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Hayes,Hitchcock Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Hayes,Lincoln Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Hitchcock Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Holt Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Hooker Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Howard Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Jefferson Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Johnson Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Kearney Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Keith Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — KeyaPaha Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Kimball Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Kimball,Banner Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Knox Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Knox,Pierce Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Lancaster Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Lincoln Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Loup Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Madison Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Madison,Pierce Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Merrick Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Morrill Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Morrill,Cheyenne Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — NEfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Nance Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Nemaha Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Nuckolls Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Otoe Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Pawnee Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Perkins Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Perkins,Chase Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Pierce Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Platte Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Polk Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — RedWillow Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — RedWillow,Frontier Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Richardson Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Rock Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Saline Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Saunders Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — ScottsBluff Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Seward Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Sheridan Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Sherman Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Sioux Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Sioux,BoxButte Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Stanton Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Thayer Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Thurston Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Wayne Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Webster Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Wheeler Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — Wheeler,Boone Countyfree
🤝 Open Fields & Waters — York Countyfree
🏞️ Agate Fossil Beds National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Arbor Lake ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bead Mountain PRBEUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bighorn State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Bluestem State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bobcat PrairieUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bordeaux State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Box Butte Reservoir State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Branched Oak State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Bridgeport State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brownville BendUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carter Canyon PRBEUnknown — check official site
🦆 Chadron Creek Ranch State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Chadron State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chalco Hills Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Chet and Jane Fleisbach State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Chimney Rock National Historic SiteUnknown — check official site
🦆 Clear Creek State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Conestoga Lake State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cornhusker Farm State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Cottontail Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ County Line Federal Waterfowl Production AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Czechland Lake Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dakota Springs Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Danish Alps State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Dead Timber State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Denton PrairieUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Diamond Bit PRBEUnknown — check official site
🦆 Enders Reservoir State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Eugene T. Mahoney State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fontenelle ForestUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Fort Atkinson State Historical ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Fort Robinson State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Foundation PrairieUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Fremont Lakes State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Glacial Hill Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Glenn Cunningham Lake ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hamann Meadows Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hartland Garden Valley Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Helmuth MarshUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Homestead National Historical ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Honvlez PropertyUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Indian Cave State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kapke PropertyUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Lake McConaughy State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Lake Ogallala State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Wanahoo NRD Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lincoln Regional Center ArboretumUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lincoln Saline Wetland Nature CenterUnknown — check official site
🦆 Little Salt Fork Marsh Preserve Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Little Salt Springs Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marsh Wren Community WetlandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Martin PrairieUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Memphis Lake State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Merganser Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Metcalf State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Minatare Lake State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Montz Ranch PRBEUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Mormon Island State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ NCORPE EastUnknown — check official site
🗺️ NCORPE SouthUnknown — check official site
🌿 Nine Mile PrairieUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ogallala Strip State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Olive Creek State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Pawnee Lake State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Pelican Point State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pine Ridge National Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Platte River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🦆 Ponderosa State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Prairie Queen Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Red Willow Reservoir State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Reller Prairie Field StationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rock Creek State Fish HatcheryUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Rock Creek Station State Historical ParkUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Rock Creek Station State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Rockford Lake State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schaefer TractUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Schramm Park State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Scotts Bluff National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🦆 Snyder Bend Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ South Mitchell PRBEUnknown — check official site
🦆 Southeast Sacramento State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spotted Tail - BOWEN PRBEUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spotted Tail - TOTTENHOFF PRBEUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spotted Tail PRBEUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Stagecoach State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Steifel-Johnson TrailheadUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stevens Creek Park Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Summit Lake State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Swanson Reservoir State Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tamora Waterfowl Production AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Tanglewood Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Two Creeks PrairieUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Two Rivers State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Green SpaceUnknown — check official site
🦆 Upper Decatur Bend Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Verdon Lake State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Wagon Train State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Warner Wetlands Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Whitehead Saline WetlandUnknown — check official site
🦆 Wild Plum Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Wildcat Hills State Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Wolf-Wildcat Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site

More to do in Nebraska

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Hiking in other states

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