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The large number of photos on this Western Nebraska Travel page may cause the page to load slow if on a slow connection. All Pictures here are copyrighted, but see below for free Photo use instructions. The Pictures below are from a Road Trip Vacation to the Nebraska Sandhills & Western Nebraska - including Attractions in and near Scottsbluff & Chadron, Nebraska. The Route Includes Chimney Rock, Courthouse and Jailhouse Rocks, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Halsey National Forest, Fort Robinson State Park, Toadstool
We took 8 days and 7 nights to do this driving trip and ran out of time toward the end where we had hoped to include the town of Niobrara and Ponca State Park. Next time we will allow more time -- there is a lot to see and do in Nebraska! We drove a little over 1,500 miles including all of the many side trips we took. The pictures below are in the order of a "leisurely" Scenic Nebraska Driving Vacation we recently took from Lincoln, NE
We tried to stay on Highways that were as Scenic as possible. Our driving route -- which included no Interstate driving -- started the "Scenic" Route portion in St. Paul, NE. It included the following Scenic or fairly Scenic Highways in this order from St Paul north of Grand Island: 11, 91, 2, 385, 92, 29, 20, 12, 281, 275, 14, and 39 to finish the "Scenic" part of the loop route near Clolumbus, NE. We went through the towns of Burwell, Halsey, Alliance, Gering, Scottsbluff, Crawford, Chadron, Valentine, & O'Neill, and stayed overnight for one or more nights in or near the towns of: Brewster, Scottsbluff, Crawford, Chadron, and Springview. (We ran out of time to visit Niobrara State Park and Ponca State Park.) Our Western Nebraska Vacation Travels - the Road Trip Areas - the Nebraska Sandhills and Panhandle Road Tour Via the "Scenic Route" Can check out pictures & comments in Vacation Travel driving order below - or skip down to specific Nebraska Road Tour areas and Attractions Click link to drop to Road Trip Area and Pictures below:
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Interesting Uncle Bucks Lodge Wooden Barstools - Western Nebraska Sandhills near North Loup River
Halsey Nebraska National Forest Fire Lookout Tower. It was a bit of a climb on the noisy metal stairs, but a great view from the top.
Halsey Nebraska National Forest from top of the Fire Lookout Tower. This is an entirely "Man Planted" forest. You can see a "fire band" clearcut area of the forest which is done to stop the spread of a forest fire.
Fire Lookout Tower stairs down from top - Halsey Nebraska National Forest. It was kind of windy
at the top that day, so we were glad to get back down to the ground again.
Western Nebraska Sandhills Grasslands and Prairie grass + a short wooden Windmill
- great pasture land for Cattle Grazing.
(A picture similiar to one above + the Chimney Rock and Courthouse Rock pictures below are now available
in High Resolution Downloadable Versions )
You see many short windmills - many old wooden ones Vs metal. Don't need to be high in the air to catch enough wind to pump water for a cattle stock tank. Curious stock cattle often come up to the fence when you get out of your car to take a picture. You can see that most of the cattle are looking at me taking this picture -- and I didn't even have to say "cheese!"
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