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One of Nebraska's most significant state parks, 1,260-acre Niobrara State Park combines dramatic landscapes with exceptional opportunities for outdoor recreation.
Situated where the Niobrara and Missouri rivers meet, the park offers extensive resources for hiking, camping, fishing, boating and backpacking.
There are 14 miles of hiking and biking trails, three Missouri River boat accesses and several campgrounds, including an equestrian camp. Anglers can use an abandoned C&W Railroad bridge decked with fishing platforms.
A 2.1-mile hike-bike trail skirts the park's northern boundary, offering wide river views and access to a former C&W Railroad bridge that has been decked with fishing platforms. Both the trail and the bridge are wheelchair accessible. In winter, the trail is popular with cross-country skiers and snowmobilers.
A one-mile wheelchair-accessible trail, the Deer Creek Trail, cuts through the wooded central part of the park. Seven miles of roads that wind throughout the park are popular with cyclists.
Common wildlife includes white-tailed deer, coyotes and muskrats.
The park's RV campground has 69 sites. Several tent-only campgrounds extend over three miles of hilly terrain with magnificent views of the Niobrara. Backpackers may hike in to several Adirondack shelters scattered throughout the park. Additionally, there are housekeeping cabins.
An interpretive center depicts the history of the area and its early inhabitants, the Ponca Native American people, plus the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Private guides offer float and fishing trips on the Missouri.
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The hilly terrain at Niobrara State Park offers wide views of the countryside.
The Missouri River provides a lush wilderness for canoe travel.
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