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The recreation area is managed by the Pine Ridge Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forest. It is home to wildlife species such as coyotes, bobcats, elk, white-tailed deer, mule deer, eagles, hawks, and wild turkeys. Activities in the recreation area include hiking, horseback riding, and mountain biking.
The plant and animal life in the Pine Ridge is atypical for Nebraska; the ecology is very similar to the Black Hills, 50 miles (80 km) to the north.The dominant tree in the Pine Ridge is the ponderosa pine; deciduous trees (such as cottonwoods) are also present in canyon bottoms.
In 1861, David Millspaw became the first permanent settler in the area of what was to become Aurora. Hamilton County was formed in 1870. [4] Aurora was laid out as a town in 1871 by David Stone who named it after his former hometown of Aurora, Illinois. [5] [6] The county seat was transferred from Orville City (an extinct town) to Aurora in ...
Hamilton County is a county in the U.S. state Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 9,429. [1] Its county seat is Aurora. [2] The county was named for Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury in the new United States government. Hamilton County is included in the Grand Island, NE Metropolitan ...
November: Nebraska State High School Football Championships; Nebraska State High School Volleyball Championships [36] Early November: The Good Life Halfsy [37] First Saturday in November: Put the Beds to Bed [11] Mid November: Shop the Blocks [38] November 11: Veterans Day Walk of Recognition, program at Auld Recreation Center
Nebraska Tailwaters Recreation Area is a public recreation area located on the southern bank of the Missouri River, immediately downstream of Gavins Point Dam in Cedar County, Nebraska. [1] The area offers 42 campsites (31 RV campsites and 11 tent-only campsites), boat launch facilities, fishing pier, and shore access to the Missouri River. [ 2 ]
Northern lights or aurora borealis illuminate the night sky over a camper's tent north of San Francisco in Middletown, California JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images View the 9 images of this ...
Pawnee State Recreation Area (SRA) is a state recreation area in southeastern Nebraska, United States. The recreation area surrounds the 740 acres (3.0 km 2) Pawnee Lake, located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Lincoln. The recreation area is managed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.