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Located in the most northwestern corner of Nebraska, north of Crawford, you'll find the expansive landscape of the Oglala National Grasslands. This unique area consists of native mixed-grass prairie, with forested streambeds and steep, worn, formations created by water and wind erosion on layers of siltstone, and clay. Find your way to the Hudson-Meng Bone Bed site where you can take a tour and learn about the history of this area, walk through the unique features of the Toadstool Geologic Park, or just spend some quiet time in the wide open spaces of the 94,000 acres of mixed grass prairies. The Oglala Grassland is the best place in Nebraska to view pronghorns and a popular place to view prairie dog colonies along the site’s northern border.
Hiked from Hudson-Meng to Toadstool. It was such a diverse experience. Saw grasslands, green valleys, and the famous rocky terrain of the Toadstool geologic site. Trails were well marked and at a largely low difficulty with a couple of places with more moderate difficulty. Can't recommend this hike enough.
This place is Nebraska's hidden gem. Absolutely gorgeous to drive through and so well preserved. Probably because so few people know its here. Not to mention Toadstool is smack dab in the middle of it. Hiking through here made me feel like I was on another planet! Bucket list item for traveling The Great Plains Region!
This has been a go to in my family for harvesting Pronghorn for years. We love that there is public land (hard to get to sometimes) that has animals on it. Respect the private land and owners, even though they don't respect you (had a bad experience again this season).
Beautiful land, and the nearby fort park has some neat views etc.
Thank you Nebraska for providing this opportunity!!!
