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Niobrara River at the entrance to Ft. Niobrara NWR
Taken September 2009


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Overlooking Ft. Niobrara NWR
Taken September 2009

Watery Wednesday

One of the big tourism draws to the Nebraska Sandhills is the Niobrara River. It is designated as a National Scenic River. From the National Park Service site:

The Niobrara River drains over 12,000 square miles of the Sandhills, one of the largest stabilized dunefields in the world. Take a leisurely float on this outstanding Great Plains river in north-central Nebraska. You’ll be pleasantly surprised to see pine-clad hills and prairie, numerous waterfalls, tall sandstone cliffs and wildlife like deer, bison, elk, beaver, mink, herons and kingfishers.

Near the entrance to Ft. Niobrara NWR


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Down river a bit is Berry Falls


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Further down river, looking west from the Norden Bridge


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Looking east from the Norden Bridge


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There are places to rent canoes, kayaks and these inner tubey things both on the river and in the town of Valentine.


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The inner tubey things are quite colorful


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