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Top 6 Things to do in Grand Island, United States
Grand Island in United States, from Nouth America region, is best know for Visitor Centers. Discover best things to do in Grand Island with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
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1. Crane Trust Nature & Visitor Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 194 reviews
Crane Trust Nature & Visitor Center is the public face of the Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. We are a nonprofit whose mission is the preservation and restoration of Platte River Valley habitat for whooping cranes, sandhill cranes, and other migratory birds. The Nature & Visitor Center has 10 miles of walking trails, an observation tower, a bison herd, art gallery, gift shop, and informational exhibits about cranes. We also offer tourism information for the state of Nebraska. During the spring crane migration, we offer viewing blind tours to see cranes up close on their river roosts, and driving maps of the area so visitors can see the cranes while they are in the fields feeding.
Reviewed By redtopfarmPA - Philadelphia suburbs
We traveled from out of state for the Sandhill Crane migration and booked an evening blind tour with Crane Trust. It was in an excellent location - right in front of a roost that was even larger than the one near Rowe Sanctuary. Got to see Bald Eagles spook the cranes into wheeling around before descending into the river, kingfisher on the bank, hooting great horned owl in the tree right over the blind, and of course, the cranes!
Only downsides are the touristy entry into the Crane Trust building, and that there were not enough viewing windows in the blind for each person to use one (had to take turns).
2. Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 192 reviews
Reviewed By AGoingGal - Huntsville, Alabama
This is a huge open air museum with air conditioned "museums" within. A great place for families to visit together. I loved the old church and schoolhouse.
3. Platte River
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 49 reviews
The perfect place for viewing sandhill cranes on their spring migration.
Reviewed By TexasCatBird - Gatesville, TX
While visiting Grand Island, NE we explored the area after our Crane Trust wildlife viewing tours. While there we continued to see thousands of geese, ducks and cranes surrounding the Platte River. During our bird viewing tours the guide explained how humans use their wildlife management systems to make sure the Platte River remains a viable ecosystem so the hundreds of thousand migrating birds continue to stopover here. With the help of the local community, especially farmers, the birds roost at night along the river then eat during the day in the multitude of corn fields surrounding the river (90% of the Sandhill Cranes diet is corn). Even though humans use machinery to "replicate" floods and natural disasters along the river they use scientific methods along with historical information and photographs to assist them in this endeavor.
4. Island Oasis Water Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 48 reviews
Reviewed By Julia F - Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
Overall this is a wonderful pool/water park. It is a great place for kids and adults on a hot Nebraska summer day. I have found it is a great place to take my nieces and especially nephew during visits. Wears the kids out but they have a great time and are quiet and or nap once we get home. Can get a bit crazy at the height of summer. However, I have found if you go as close to opening as possible, it is reasonably quiet for at least a couple of hours. My friends and I like to go to the "lazy river". Nice for a bit of a soak and have a conversation. Safety is paramount and the life guards are sticklers for all the rules.
5. L.E Ray dog park
Overall Ratings
5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By johnfjohnston - The Villages, Florida
Terrific spot to take Spot. Fully fenced and populated with cooperative pooches and their owners.
A caveat: the trail is bordered with numerous poison ivy plants. Even if you avoid them, your dog may pick up some of the oil on its fur and transfer it to you or others.
6. Townsley-Murdock Immigrant Trail Site
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By Jane K - Appleton, Wisconsin
The sites where swails remain are few, and I was anxious to see these. Look for the sign on the NW corner. There is access to the site to the west of Alda Rd on Guenther Rd. The long grass made it a little difficult to spot the ruts, but look carefully. They showed up well on my photos when I was looking from the roadside side facing west at mid-day.
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