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Cottonmill Park & Recreation Area
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308-237-7251
Cottonmill Road
Kearney, Nebraska 68848
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Cottonmill Park and Lake offers various opportunities for fun and recreational activities just west of Kearney. Visitors can hike in a native prairie or tour a Nature Barn. A central feature to the park is the 43 acre lake. The lake underwent a complete restoration in 1998 to create a top quality fishing lake. Swimming is allowed from sunrise to sunset with no lifeguard on duty. If boating and fishing is more to your liking, the lake is stocked with large mouth bass, bluegill, crappie, channel fish and northern pike. The more athletic visitors can play disc (Frisbee) golf on the east side of the park. The 2,263 foot, par 33 course meanders through cedar forest areas and along the lake shore. Visitors can picnic at any of the scattered picnic sites throughout the park. Small shelters, grills and water are available at some sites. The two large groups shelters, which can accommodate up to 48 people, a lodge, which will hold around 80 people and the amphitheater, which holds around 250 people, may be reserved. For more information contact: Cottonmill Park & Recreation Area, Cottonmill Road, Kearney, Nebraska 68848 or call (308) 237-7251.
Yanney Heritage Park
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308-237-4644
Yanney Heritage Park
2020 West 11th
Kearney, NE 68845
Yanney Heritage Park Website
Yanney Heritage Park is an eighty-acre park located in southwest  Kearney. The park has many features including the John & Carmen Gottschalk Observatory Tower that stands 80 feet high providing an inspirational view; the Ron & Carol Cope Amphitheater that host area productions and performances; the 12-acre lake that is stocked with fish and attracts migrating waterfowl; the Mitzi Pavilion, which is able to hold around 50 people and around 250 people in the courtyard, and the Environment Resource Center, which is able to hold 75 people and is used for air-conditioned or heated meetings in a building full of windows near the lake. A free Splashground/Playground is available for hours of fun for children of all ages.
The park is open to the public daily and is located one mile west of the corner of 11th Street and 2nd Avenue.
Fishing opportunities at the Archway
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308-237-1000
3060 East 1st Street
Kearney, NE 68847
www.archway.org
In 2010, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission entered into an Agreement with the Great Platte River Road Archway allowing for public fishing access on four lakes (with a combined area of 14 acres of water) located on the Archway property.
Currently, two of the lakes are offering some great fishing for largemouth & smallmouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish yellow perch and crappie. The two smaller lakes are currently undergoing renovation.
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