Omaha & the Nebraska Sandhills
River City & the Grass-Covered Dunes
A lively river city paired with the vast, rolling Nebraska Sandhills.
At a glance · 5 reasons to go
Why Omaha & the Nebraska Sandhills.
Omaha's top-rated zoo and Old Market district.
The vast, rolling, grass-covered Sandhills.
Spring sandhill-crane migration on the Platte.
Steaks, history, and friendly plains culture.
An unexpected slice of the Great Plains.
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Omaha surprises with a world-class zoo and the brick-lined Old Market, while west lie the Sandhills — a vast sea of grass-covered dunes. Time it for spring and the Platte River fills with half a million migrating sandhill cranes.
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Omaha & the Nebraska Sandhills
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Reviewed: 2026-06-06
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