About The Area and Fun Things To Do!
About The Area
Niobrara Valley Electric's entire service area is a sportsman's paradise where
pheasant, prairie chicken, grouse, wild turkey, and white tail deer are common.
Many private farm ponds provide sport fishing with permission from the land
owners. The Spencer Dam and the Niobrara River are favorite catfishing
spots!
If you are interested in a different kind of game, nearby Fort Randall Casino offers a variety of games from blackjack to the slot machines.
Be sure to check out area golf courses by looking at Golf Travel Made Simple.
If you are interested in the educational opportunities, nearby Ash Fall State Park gives you the opportunity to see paleontologist in action as they dig into the remains of a watering hole covered by ash from a volcano that erupted millions of year ago. You can ask them questions as they dig and see first hand how they unravel the mystery of the past.
If hiking or biking is your choice of entertainment, be sure to try the Cowboy Trail. This walking and biking trail is now under development. Upon completion you will be able to bike or hike across the northern part of the state.
If you like local history vist the White Horse Ranch! The White Horse Ranch is open to the public from 9 AM to 6 PM on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and from 12 Noon to 6 PM on Sunday. They have camp grounds both primitive and with electricity and water. Fine fishing is also available.. You might enjoy some well earned vacation time at this scenic 2,400 acre ranch. Visit the White Horse Ranch website or you can email them at carleyd@juno.com.
General
Description Of The AreaNiobrara Valley Electric's service area varies greatly as you pass through it. The southern border near Chambers, Nebraska displays the Nebraska Sand Hills. These grass covered sand dunes were formed millions of years ago. As you move northward, towards the town of O'Neill you enter a valley of lush grassland and meadows where flowing wells are a common site.
Moving north of U.S. Highway 20 that cuts through the center of our service area , you enter a flat land where a vast development of center pivot irrigation covers the land. Water is pumped from the Ogallala Aquifer which stretches from this area to central Texas. The great circles of the pivot systems are so striking from the air that commercial airline pilots often point them out to their passengers.
Further north of this farmland, the area changes to hard prairie grasslands that extend north to the scenic Niobrara River. Beyond the river extending to the South Dakota border, the soil changes to a heavy rich dryland farmland.
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