Best Hikes in Nebraska

Nebraska's ranked summits cluster entirely in the Panhandle, in the Wildcat Hills and Pine Ridge country near Scottsbluff — pine-dusted buttes rising a few hundred feet above the surrounding plains, a world away from the flat cropland most people picture when they hear "Nebraska." The live high point here is Bead Mountain at 4,610 feet, just 4 feet above Wildcat Mountain, whose 1.4-mile out-and-back is the shortest hike in the group; Barrel Butte's 7-mile round trip is the longest. 19 more Nebraska summits are already queued in the database — these 6 are simply the ones with a confirmed route and elevation profile today.