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Nebraska Vacation.

Nebraska is a Great Plains state of the United States.

Regions in Nebraska : Panhandle, Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro, Pine Ridge, Rainwater Basin, Sandhills, Wildcat Hills.

Largest cities in Nebraska : Alliance, Beatrice, Bellevue, Columbus, Fremont, Gering, Grand Island, Hastings, Kearney, La Vista, Lexington, Lincoln, McCook, Norfolk, North Platte, Omaha, Papillion, Scottsbluff, South Sioux City, York

Nebraska is bordered by South Dakota to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the east [ across the Missouri River ], Kansas to the south, Colorado to the southwest and Wyoming to the west.

Capital City Nebraska : Lincoln


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Camping & Campgrounds

 Go Camping America
 Koa  -  Campgrounds of America
 National Park Service Campground and Tour Reservation Site
 Funroads  -  Get Outta Town!
At Funroads.com, you'll find everything you need to organize your next RV trip, so you can relax and enjoy the process. In Get Outta Town, we can help you: Plan your trip and count the days until you depart, Get a map and driving directions, Check on the weather forecast, Find easy-to-make recipes for meals and snacks en route.

Car Rental USA

 Alamo - Luxury Discount Auto Rental Company
 Avis
 Budget Rent A Car

Lodgings Nebraska.

Rental Homes / Apartments

 Home Base Holidays
Home exchange vacations; enabling house swap holidays since 1985
 Home Exchange

Hostels

 Hostelbookers  -  Great Hostels, Free booking, Fast & Easy to use
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.
 IYHF  -  International Youth Hostel Federation

Hotels in Nebraska

 HotelCentraUSA
Search and compare rates at USA hotels. They offer hotels ideal for business and leisure travel. You're sure to find an ideal hotel room to match your budget and desired comfort level. 
 USA Lodging
With a list of over 60,000 accommodations establishments, this directory is an impressive list of motels and hotels on the web. Use the search tool to find what you're looking for in seconds, or navigate to your destination city from the list of states.
 Hotels.com

National Parks

 Nebraska Game & Parks

 National Park Service  -  National Parks in the USA
The NPS works with communities to preserve and care for neighborhood treasures. They also work with teachers to create unique opportunities for students to learn about history at the real places where events unfolded.

Tour Operators / Travel Agents



 Nebraska Tourism

Travel Guides Nebraska / Related books

Books about Nebraska 

Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky - Great Plains Photography
by Joel Sartore (Author)
Book Description : Welcome to a journey across Nebraska. Relax, take your time, and enjoy the vistas. From Chadron to Falls City, Carhenge to the Wayne Chicken Show, Burwell to Omaha, and everywhere in between , this book captures all that is Nebraska—the people, places, and events that make this state our home. Joel Sartore drove ten thousand miles in a beat-up Chevy truck to record the essence of Nebraska in the images that grace this book. Every page offers readers a chance to reminisce about their own lives and their special times in this great state. If you don't find at least a few photographs that make you smile or remember something fondly, then you haven't been in Nebraska long enough.
Paperback: 144 pages; Publisher: Bison Books (November 1, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0803259700; ISBN-13: 978-0803259706
Nebraska Off the Beaten Path
by Hannah McNally (Author)
Paperback: 208 pages; Publisher: Globe Pequot; 5.00 edition (March 1, 2005); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0762735309; ISBN-13: 978-0762735303
Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State
Federal Writers' Project; Alan Boye (Introduction)
Book Description : This guide to the Cornhusker State brought together Nebraska writers such as Weldon Kees, Mari Sandoz, and Loren Eiseley. These respected authors created a remarkable compendium that includes chapters on the state's history, environment, peoples, flora and fauna, government, agriculture and industry, folklore, architecture, art, and literature. Rewarding reading for the armchair traveler and a companion for the tourist, Nebraska captures an era and makes accessible to readers information that is not readily available outside archives.
Paperback: 424 pages; Publisher: Bison Books; 2Rev Ed edition (January 1, 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0803269188; ISBN-13: 978-0803269187

Transportation / How do I travel to Nebraska

 Lincoln Airport
For most of Nebraska, the nearest, most convenient airport is just off Interstate 80 at Exit #399. The Lincoln Airport literally is "Gate 1" for central and southeastern Nebraska, with convenient flights arriving and departing all day, connecting to destinations worldwide.
 Kearney Municipal Airport [ KEAR ]  -  see Airnav
 Omaha Airport - Eppley Airfield 
 Aurora Municipal Airport [ KAUH ]  -  see Airnav 
Located in Aurora, Nebraska, the Aurora Municipal Airport serves all of Central Nebraska.
 Central Nebraska Regional Airport [ Hall County ]

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights   -  Flights to Nebraska

 Amtrak  -  American Railways

 Greyhound Lines  -  Coach Line

 Nebraska Department of Roads [ NDOR ]  -  see Travel & Weather Info

 Maps of Nebraska [ Uni Texas  -  Perry-Castañeda Library  -  Map Collection ]
 Mapblast! Driving Directions  -  streetmaps etc.
Provides interactive maps and driving directions, as well as extensive information on services and products near a user's address or travel route.
 Mc Nally - Route Planner Nebraska
 Multimap.com


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 Travel Insurance

 Nebraska Tourism
People who come to Nebraska are often amazed by what they find. They arrive with expectations as varied and as vast as the weather, and they leave having learned that Nebraska itself is just as unpredictable. Whatever your interests and wherever your travels may take you in this great state, you'll discover that the possibilities truly are endless...

 Government of Nebraska

 Lincoln  -  City of Lincoln & Lancaster County  -  Capital City Nebraska

 Frontier Trails Region
Forge your own path along one of the many winding migratory trails—lasting evidence of how the first Western settlers forged new lives from little more than earth and sky.
 Lewis and Clark Region
Witness the wild natural beauty of the Missouri River, which remains nearly the same as American Indians, fur traders, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition experienced it more than 200 years ago.
 Metro Region Nebraska
Redefine your notions of "wildlife" while indulging in Nebraska's largest collection of urban delights, from shopping and five-star dining to museums, theatres, sporting events, nightclubs, and much more.
 Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro
 Panhandle
Celebrate Nebraska's rich history and cultural heritage amid deep canyons, stands of pine forests, and high plains boasting an endless view of an endless sky.
 Pine Ridge
 Pionier Region
Roam the riverbanks of the majestic Missouri River and revel in the pure prairie air where some of Nebraska's first pioneers settled the lands of the Midwest.
 Prairie Lakes
When it comes to water sports, outdoor recreation, and spectacular displays of wildlife, this region offers a veritable oasis in the so-called "Great American Desert."
 Rainwater Basin
 Sandhills Region
Experience the quiet and subtle beauty of a vast "sea of grass" covering more than 19,000 square miles punctuated by river canyons, waterfalls, and North America's largest hand-planted forest.
 Wildcat Hills

 Alliance  -  Alliance
 Aurora  -  City of Aurora
 Beatrice  -  Beatrice
 Bellevue  -  Bellevue
 Cedar Creek  -  the Land of the lakes
 Columbus  -  City of Columbus - Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Founded in 1856, Columbus originally developed near the Overland Trail, which followed the Platte River. However, by 1866, the main line of the Union Pacific Railroad transformed the community and the main business district to its present downtown location.
 Fremont  -  Fremont
 Gering  -  Gering
 Grand Island  -  Grand Island
 Hastings  -  Hastings
 Kearney  -  City of Kearney 
 La Vista  -  City of La Vista - La Vista Chamber of Commerce
 Lexington  -  City of Lexington - Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce
County seat of Dawson County.
 Louisville  -  City of Louisville
 McCook  -  Travel and Tourism McCook 
With three lakes within 30 miles of McCook, fishing enthusiasts can catch largemouth & smallmouth bass, white bass, white & black crappie, northern pike, and walleye.
The McCook area also offers excellent mixed-bag hunting; grouse, quail, rabbit, duck, Canadian geese, whitetail and mule deer, turkey, pheasant. The area is well known for great pheasant hunting with hunters coming from all over the United States. See Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
 Norfolk  -  Norfolk
 North Platte  -  North Platte
 Omaha  - City of Omaha
 Papillion  -  Papillion 
 Scottsbluff  -  Scottsbluff
 South Sioux City  -  South Sioux City
 York  -  York

 Nebraska State Fair
 News from Nebraska  -  Daily Nebraskan
The Daily Nebraskan is published by the UNL Publications Board, Lincoln, NE, Monday through Friday during the academic year and weekly during summer sessions.
 News  -  Lincoln Journal Star
 Nebraska Press Association
 Radio  -  NET Nebraska
 TV  -  My NPTV
 University of Nebraska–Lincoln
As a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, Nebraska is recognized around the world for the quality of its teaching, research and outreach.
 University Nebraska  -  Concordia University [ Sewerd ]
Concordia University, owned and operated by The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, is a coeducational institution of higher learning committed to the Christian growth of its students.
 University Nebraska  -  Creighton University [ Omaha ]
Creighton is a Jesuit university, rooted in the Catholic tradition.

Cuisine  -  Nebraska foods / Recipes

 Nebraska Poultry  -  Egg Recipes
 Nebraska Grain Sorghum Producers Association  -  Sorghum Recipes
recipes like Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins, Sorghum Cranberry Bread, Snickerdoodles, Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and Magnificent Milo Breading Mix.
 Norbest  -  see Recipes
All about turkey: recipes; selecting, thawing, stuffing, roasting, and carving turkey; safe food handling
 U.S. Dry bean Council  -  Recipes
Nebraska grows many dried bean varieties that make delicious meals. Here you will find more than 100 creative, delicious bean recipes. Remember, though B.E.A.N. recipes usually call for a specific variety, any canned or dry-packaged bean variety can be easily substituted for another.
 Cook it Quick  -  Fast, Fresh and Full of Nutrition! Recipes
Enjoy these quick-to-fix recipes provided by Nebraska food commodity groups. See end of each recipe section for contacts and web sites for further recipes and information.

History of Nebraska

 Nebraska State Historical Society 
The Nebraska State Historical Society was founded in 1878, a scant decade after Nebraska was admitted to the Union. Its 119 years have been marked by five distinct eras: Emergence (1878-1900), Growth (1901-1916 ), Outreach (1917-1943), Modernization and Expansion (1943-1985), and Reorganization and Focus (1985 to Present).

 National Park Service - Links to the past
Explore America's cultural resources - buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, ethnographic resources, objects and documents, structures and districts.

 From Revolution to Reconstruction
A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times by the Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
 Links to the past  -  National Park Service Cultural Resources
 US History

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Nebraska Arts Council 
Nebraska Arts Council's mission is to promote, cultivate and sustain the arts for the people of Nebraska.
 Nebraska Libraries

 Omaha Summer Arts Festival, Omaha
Explore the Artists Market that consists of numerous tents lining the streets. Photographers, painters, sculptors and numerous artists display their talents for your viewing pleasure. Catch various concerts and let your kids have their share of fun at the Children's Fair and Young Artists Exhibition. Some of the nation's finest painters, potters, jewelery makers and sculptuors line the Gene Leahy Mall in downtown Omaha.

 Ticketmaster.com  -  Concerts, Sports, Theater

Web Portals / Search Engines / Nebraska Directories

 Visit Nebraska
 Yahoo - Nebraska
 Nebraska Newspaper list  -  Nebraska newspapers
 Indiancountry.com  -  Indian Country Today - Native American Indian News Source

 Hello Omaha  -  City Guide and Business Information
Omaha Restaurants, Art, Music, Real Estate, Weather, Maps.
 Hello Lincoln  -  City Guide and Business Information
Lincoln Restaurants, Art, Music, Real Estate, Weather, Maps.
 Lincnet  -  Lincoln Community Information

 American Discovery Trail
 Independant Traveler
An interactive traveler's exchange and comprehensive online travel guide for a community of travelers who enjoy the fun of planning their own trips and the adventure of independent travel.
 Online Highways  -  destination guides
 Roadside America  -  online guide to offbeat tourist attractions


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