Have you ever heard someone complain that there’s nothing to do in Nebraska? They don’t know how wrong they are! There’s a never-ending list of fun stuff to do in the Cornhusker State – and these are 25 of them that you can actually do for free, so you have no excuse not to get out there and enjoy Nebraska!
- Your Local Park - Just About Every Town Has at Least One!
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- Hike or Bike One of Nebraska’s Many Free Trails
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- Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, Valentine
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- State Capitol Building, Lincoln
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- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Sioux County
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- Crane Trust Nature & Visitor Center, Grand Island
Visit Nebraska Walking around the grounds on your own is free, but there’s a cost for tours.
- Walk the Grounds of Arbor Lodge, Nebraska City
Wikimedia There’s an admission fee to tour the mansion, but you can walk around the magnificent grounds for free.
- Dobby’s Frontier Town, Alliance
Journey to Western Nebraska Accepting goodwill donations.
- Take an Auto Tour Alongside the California, Lewis & Clark, Mormon Pioneer, Oregon, and Pony Express Trails With the National Park Service’s Auto Tour Routes
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- Fort Cody Trading Post, North Platte
Visit North Platte When you’re done, hop on over to Cody Park to feed the (live, non-stuffed) animals for free!
- Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice
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- Historic Boys Town
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- Carhenge, Alliance
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- Fort Sidney Museum and Post Commander’s Home, Sidney
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- Holy Family Shrine, Gretna
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- Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney
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- Tour Red Cloud, Hometown of Author Willa Cather
The Willa Cather Foundation The self-guided walking tour is free, but you won’t get to enter any of the buildings without an admission fee.
- Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
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- Petrified Wood and Art Gallery, Ogallala
Visit Nebraska Accepting free will donations.
- The National Museum of Roller Skating, Lincoln
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- Lewis and Clark Trail Headquarters, Omaha
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- Sunken Gardens, Lincoln
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- Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters, Omaha
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- Nebraska National Forest, Chadron
Wikimedia You’ll have to pay a fee if you want to camp, but there’s no cost to visit for the day.
- Pony Express Station, Gothenburg
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Bonus tip: if you buy a Nebraska State Park annual permit (only $25 in 2015), you can visit any state park, state recreation area, and state historic park all year long for no additional fees. If you visit often enough, it feels like you’re visiting for free!
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
National Park Service
Visit Nebraska
Walking around the grounds on your own is free, but there’s a cost for tours.
There’s an admission fee to tour the mansion, but you can walk around the magnificent grounds for free.
Journey to Western Nebraska
Accepting goodwill donations.
Visit North Platte
When you’re done, hop on over to Cody Park to feed the (live, non-stuffed) animals for free!
Carhenge
flickr/Edith OSB
The Willa Cather Foundation
The self-guided walking tour is free, but you won’t get to enter any of the buildings without an admission fee.
Accepting free will donations.
National Museum of Roller Skating
LDS.org
You’ll have to pay a fee if you want to camp, but there’s no cost to visit for the day.
Facebook/Gothenburg Pony Express Station
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