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Omaha Trails PROPERTY PROPERTYPUBLIC & & PUBLIC & RECREATION DISTRICT ARKS, P SERVICES RECREATION RESOURCES BLUFFS, ENVIRONMENTAL ARKS, P NATURAL RIVER COUNTY OF COUNCIL COUNTY OF MISSOURI OF OMAHA OF MISSOURI CITY CITY DOUGLAS APIO-P CITY 2005 2005 REVISED FOR REVISED REVISED FOR REVISED WAY! LN THE ALONG OPPORTUNITIES RECREATION ARK AND ARK P ETAREAS REST RI PARKING TRAIL IEPATHS BIKE L PATHS ALK To commemorate Rotary’s Centennial, the eleven W Rotary Clubs of Omaha and Council Bluffs accepted the challenge of marking 105 miles of TRAILS recreational trails to improve safety for trail users. The project, scheduled for completion in AREA METRO UD TO GUIDE 2005, will place 8" round markers at each mile A of the trail and 5" markers every tenth of a mile. These markers will aid emergency response personnel in locating injured or distressed trail users more quickly. Thank you, Rotary Club members, Lamp, Rynearson and Associates, Omaha Peddlers, Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, Peter Kiewit Foundation and countless contributors and volunteers for making this remarkable trail enhancement possible! ER RATRAILS AREA METRO ER RATRAILS AREA METRO WHO TO CALL ABOUT A TRAIL TO REPORT A MAINTENANCE, SAFETY OR OTHER TRAIL PROBLEM, CALL THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY IN CHARGE BY COUNTY OR CITY: DOUGLAS COUNTY TRAILS City of Omaha Parks, Douglas County Recreation and Public Environmental Services Property 3015 Menke Circle Omaha-Douglas Civic Center Omaha, NE 68134 1819 Farnam Street, Room 701 Omaha, NE 68183 (402) 444.6362 www.co.douglas.ne.us (402) 444.5900 www.ci.omaha.ne.us/parks SARPY COUNTY TRAILS Papio-Missouri River City of Bellevue Parks Natural Resources District and Recreation 8901 South 154th Street 210 West Mission Omaha, NE 68138 Bellevue, NE 68005 (402) 444.6222 (402) 293.3142 www.papionrd.org City of Papillion Recreation 122 East 3rd Street Papillion, NE 68046 (402) 597.2026 COUNCIL BLUFFS (POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY) TRAILS Council Bluffs Parks and Recreation Department City of Council Bluffs 209 Pearl Street Council Bluffs, IA 51503 (712) 328.4650 www.cbparksandrec.org TRAIL PARTNERS Planning and construction of the much needed recreation trails throughout the metro area are the result of a collaboration among the following organizations: THE LIED PLATTE RIVER CITY OF OMAHA CITY OF COUNCIL BRIDGE AND THE PLATTE PAPIO-MISSOURI BLUFFS, IOWA RIVER CONNECTION TRAIL RIVER NATURAL METROPOLITAN AREA OPENED IN JUNE 2002. RESOURCES PLANNING AGENCY It is the first bridge in eastern DISTRICT NATIONAL Nebraska solely dedicated for P ARK SERVICE recreational use over the DOUGLAS COUNTY Platte River. Ultimately, it CITY OF BELLEVUE NEBRASKA GAME AND P ARKS COMMISSION will link Omaha and Lincoln CITY OF LAVISTA through a series of hiking / SARPY COUNTY CITY OF PAPILLION biking trails. The bridge had U.S. ARMY CORPS been an abandoned railroad CITY OF RALSTON OF ENGINEERS bridge and was rehabbed with a 14-foot wide concrete trail with scenic overlooks. A SPECIAL “THANK YOU!” The Metro Trail Partners wish to express A short trail and parking lots appreciation to the Nebraska Department of Roads and the Transportation are found on both sides of Enhancement Selection Committee. Thanks to their efforts, Federal the Platte River. The project Transportation funding – the primary source for funding trails – has been totals about 1.5 miles. professionally and thoughtfully appropriated to local trail building entities. Omaha, and the entire state of Nebraska, benefit from their efforts. Walnut Creek Lake KEYSTONE TRAIL / WEST PAPIO TRAIL BELLEVUE LOOP TRAIL FIELD CLUB TRAIL THE BIRTH OF THE OMAHA /COUNCIL BLUFFS MODERN- •SHOW COURTESY TO ALL OTHER TRAIL USERS DAY METRO AREA TRAILS CAN BE TRACED TO 1990. The West Papio Trail may be the most scenic of all the trails. The Keystone Trail / Bellevue Loop Trail, the longest and The Field Club Trail is a 1.72-mile inner-city trail along an On July 4 of that year, OMAHA opened the first phase of the The concrete path winds along the West Papio Creek, through a busiest recreational trail in the metro area, passes through abandoned railroad right-of-way. Featuring railroad track cuts, • ADHERE TO TRAIL RESTRICTIONS AND HOURS Keystone Trail. The success of this initial three-mile section number of new subdivisions and parks. park and residential settings, industrial areas and farmland. ravines and foliage, it begins at 38th and Leavenworth Streets. • USE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAIL UNLESS OTHERWISE of paved, recreational trail fostered a record of trail It is paved and very flat except for its underpasses, which DESIGNATED NORTH TO SOUTH NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST construction which remains unmatched in the United States! allow users to safely cross all major streets. The trail begins • BICYCLISTS AND SKATERS GIVE AUDIBLE WARNING WHEN at 87th Street and Templeton Drive. Eventually, it will HUNTINGTON PARK HALLECK PARK PARKING PASSING PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER TRAIL USERS connect to Glenn Cunningham Lake. 38th and Pacific Streets 2134 North 160th Street Halleck Street at Beadle Street • LISTEN FOR AUDIBLE SIGNALS AND ALLOW FASTER TRAIL USERS Street parking Also: Playground Parking; restrooms Also: Fishing pond; NORTH TO SOUTH TO PASS SAFELY BENT CREEK PARK ice skating; picnic shelter; playground •ALWAYS PASS ON THE LEFT GLENN CUNNINGHAM LAKE OMAHA RIVERFRONT 164th and Page Streets PAPIO BAY PARK • BICYCLISTS RIDE AT A SAFE SPEED, SLOWING TO FORM 8660 Lake Cunningham Road Street parking Also: Picnic shelter; playground 815 East Halleck Street TRAIL IN SINGLE-FILE DURING CONGESTED CONDITIONS, REDUCED Parking; restrooms Also: Aquatic center (402) 444.4628 VISIBILITY, OR IN OTHER HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS Since 1990, more PACIFIC MEADOWS PARK WALNUT CREEK LAKE AND RECREATION AREA Parking; restrooms; drinking water This trail is a key ingredient in the Omaha and Council Bluffs Northwest 160th and Pacific Streets Also: Archery range; boating; camping; fishing; • OBEY ALL TRAFFIC SIGNS than 85 miles of Trails System. Eventually, it will span the entire metro area Parking Also: Picnic shelter; playground Located one half mile south of Highway 370 picnic shelters; playground; hike and bike trails paved, interconnected and 96th Street along the Missouri River. The initial segments wind from • RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY OWNERS trails were constructed! totaling 3.3 miles; horseback riding is permitted WOODHAVEN PARK (402) 592.8877 on designated trail the levee near the South Omaha Bridge Road to Pacific Street; • KEEP DOGS ON A LEASH AND REMOVE ALL PET FECES FROM TRAIL OMAHA is becoming a city 160th Street at West Center Road – Parking; restrooms; drinking water Also: Boat DEMOCRACY PARK from Heartland of America Park to Miller’s Landing and from of trails and greenways. north to Morton School dock; equestrian trail; fishing; lake; picnic areas; Power Park to N.P. Dodge Park. All segments will ultimately Fort Street at 87th Street – 87th and Templeton Drive This success of the Parking Also: Picnic shelter; playground playground; tent and RV camping; 3 miles of connect to Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge. paved trails Parking Also: Playground METROPOLITAN AREA TRAILS OAKBROOK MEADOWS PARK SOUTH TO NORTH NETWORK is a direct result of a 3401 South 152nd Street ESTHER PILSTER PARK 88th Avenue and Boyd Street unique, coordinated effort among local Playground LEVEE SEGMENT ORGANIZED, PUBLIC EVENTS ARE ALLOWED ON A PORTION 144TH STREET TRAIL Parking Also: Playground governmental agencies. In planning and constructing trails, 5660 South 10th Street – the entrance to the levee OF THE KEYSTONE TRAIL / BELLEVUE LOOP TRAIL AND ON TRAILS ED ZORINSKY LAKE is at the Omaha Sewer Treatment Plant with the trail each agency set aside individual interests to ensure an HILLSIDE LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX WITHIN PARKS. 3808 South 156th Street This paved trail begins at 144th Street and follows the spanning south to the South Omaha Bridge Road orderly, common-sense approach for developing the 82nd Street and Western Avenue and north to Pacific Street ALSO: Four entrances to the park on 168th Street; grade of the street including stretches up and down hills. • Events on the Keystone Trail begin at HERITAGE PARK metro area’s system of trails. one designated as an equestrian trail. Parking; restrooms Also: Ball complex The trail has been built in segments with the east side HEARTLAND OF AMERICA PARK and continue south through the Bellevue Loop Trail. (402) 444.3925 of 144th from Standing Bear Lake to Dodge Street mostly 8th and Douglas Streets in downtown Omaha Call (402) 444.6362, (402) 444.6222 or (402) 444.5900 Omaha Riverfront Trail Parking; restrooms; drinking water (402) 444.5900 Also: Bauermeister Prairie; Discovery Playground; complete. The trail continues on the west side from Dodge to schedule an event. to West Center Road. Parking; restrooms Also: Spectacular fountain with equestrian trail; fishing; picnic areas; youth • Public events are allowed on the interior trails at softball complex; hike and bike trails totaling Newport Landing light show; lake; Gondola rides; picnic areas; concert 7.0 miles; cross-country skiing, sledding and ice NORTH TO SOUTH stage; war memorial; Lewis and Clark interpretive exhibits WEHRSPANN LAKE/CHALCO HILLS RECREATION AREA and skating permitted during winter months LEWIS AND CLARK LANDING at WALNUT CREEK LAKE AND RECREATION AREA. STANDING BEAR LAKE 8th and Riverfront Drive in downtown Omaha Call (402) 444.6222 to schedule an event. WALNUT GROVE PARK 6404 North 132nd Street Prairie View Recreation Area (402) 444.5900 • Public events are allowed on the interior trails at 152nd and “Q” Streets (402) 444.4676 Parking; restrooms Also: Restaurant; marina; Parking Also: Fishing pond; picnic area Parking; restrooms; drinking water Labor Union sculpture; Lewis and Clark ED ZORINSKY LAKE, GLENN CUNNINGHAM LAKE, N.P. DODGE PARK Also: Accessible fishing pier; boating; picnic interpretive exhibits and ELMWOOD PARK in OMAHA. Call (402) 444.5900 WESTCHESTER PARK shelters; playground; radio-controlled model to schedule an event.
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