Attractions around Hay Springs

[Keith]

I have to go to Hay Springs next month and will be there with family for a week. Is there anything to do in the immediate area around there?

[Rallen]

Not really. I used to deer hunt around there, but a little early unless you bow hunt. I think North Platte or McCook are you closest big towns. Red Willow resevior isn't to bad for fishing.

[MAMMOTH]

North Platte and McCook are pretty far south from Hay Springs.
Chadron is probably the closest city of size.
Chadron State Park and Pine Ridge National Recreation Area are a couple spots in the area.
Wish I had more info, but I am from Eastern Nebraska and haven't been out there since I was five.

[Rallen]

Mammoth is right, I was thinking Hayes Center. I think Hay Springs is a better place to visit than Hayes Center anyway! Both about the same size. I used to deer hunt all around Hayes Center. I think there is more history around Hay Springs. Chadron State Park is pretty cool!

[Gibbs]

Go north a little ways and you get to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. A little East and North of that and you get to Wounded Knee Memorial. Pine Ridge is not much to really see, more a "spot" in the road, but then there are the casinos close to there, as well as the historic site of Wounded Knee. In Hay Springs itself?? Not much....

[Cornhusker]

South of Hay Springs is Alliance, home of Carhenge as well as a couple museums.
Chadron to the west is the home of Chadron State Park, and Chadron State College. If you hunt, the park is a nice place to go.
What in the world are you going to Hay Springs for?