Nebraska
Being bordered by the Great Lakes, the Dakota Badlands, and the rivers of the Mississippi Valley gives Midwesterners plenty of land and water for hiking and camping adventure–even if the local high point is still lower than a Colorado knoll.
A two-day paddle through high plains prairie amid buffalo, whooping cranes, and elk.
Scientists say Nebraska's wild prairies could become the Western Hemisphere's largest sandbox in as few as 30 years.
There's not a bad napping spot anywhere.
Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Nebraska.
It's the easiest hiking on Earth, and you get to sleep with buffalo, listen to coyotes sing, and bask in quiet so deep you can hear the grasslands growing. Welcome to the prairie.
The current carries you through the Great Plains, where buffalo, elk -- and snapping turtles -- roam.
Where you can look down on soaring eagles and feel the power of the Missouri River.
