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General Information
Fontenelle Nature Association owns and operate two nature centers.
Our administrative office is located at the Fontenelle Forest Nature Center. |
Fontenelle
Forest Nature Center
1111 Bellevue Blvd. North
Bellevue, NE
402-731-3140
Open daily 8am-5pm
Trails open dawn to dusk for FNA members and visitors who enter before 5:00 p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Free for FNA members
$7 per adult
$6 per senior
(65+)
$5 per child (3-11)
Free for children 2 & under
Please pick up a trail map at
the Visitor Services Desk.
Features:
18 miles of dirt trails
1,400 acres of conserved forest,
prarie, and marsh lands
One-mile Riverview Boardwalk
Regular programs and hikes for all ages: Visit the events page
Habitat Hollow indoor play area
Acorn Acres forest play area
Sense of Place Gallery featuring FNA's natural & cultural histories
Picnic area on the plaza
Motorized wheelchairs available at no charge on a first-come, first served basis.
Facility and Riverview Boardwalk are wheelchair accessible.
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Neale Woods
14323 Edith Marie Ave.
Omaha, NE
402-731-3140 /
402-453-5615 during open hours
Trails open dawn to dusk
for FNA members and visitors.
Building open seasonally on Saturdays 8am-5pm &
Sundays Noon-5pm
Spring 2010: Dates TBD
Free for FNA members
$5 per adult
$4 per senior (65+)
$3 per child (ages 3 to 11)
Free for children 2 & under
Please pay your admission and pick up a trail map at the pay station adjacent to the nature center during off-season hours.
Features:
9 miles of dirt trails
600 acres of conserved
forest & prairie land
Small nature center building
Millard Observatory, open during scheduled Astronomy Nights
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Directions
To Fontenelle Forest Nature Center (Katherine and Fred Buffett Forest
Learning Center) 1111 N. Bellevue Blvd., Bellevue
From I-80 take Hwy 75
(Kennedy Freeway) South to Chandler Road. Turn left onto Chandler. Stay on
Chandler approx. 1 mile until the road ends at the stop sign at Bellevue Blvd.
Turn right onto Bellevue Blvd. Continue approximately .6 mile to the nature center on your left.
To Neale Woods Nature Center 14323 Edith Marie Ave., Omaha
From I-80
take Hwy 75 North. Merge onto Storz Expressway towards Florence Blvd/Eppley Airfield. Take the Florence
Blvd ramp and turn left at the stop sign. Florence Blvd. becomes J. Pershing Drive. Continue through the T intersection at Mormon
Bridge onto River
Road. From there, you will travel 2.7 miles to White Deer Lane (past NP Dodge Park and Hummel Park, stay to the right at the fork in
road). Turn a slight left onto White Deer Lane and left again onto Edith Marie Ave.
To Camp Brewster, 1313 N. Bellevue Blvd., Bellevue
Follow the
directions to the Katherine and Fred Buffett Forest Learning Center. Camp Brewster is located two blocks East of the Learning Center on Bellevue
Blvd.
To Camp Logan Fontenelle, 720 Camp Gifford Road, Bellevue
Follow the
directions to the Katherine and Fred Buffett Forest Learning Center. Continue east on Bellevue Blvd. past the Learning Center and
turn left onto Childs Road. Continue on Childs Road through the housing
development. The road becomes Camp Gifford Road and will
change
into a gravel surface. After the first curve, Camp Logan Fontenelle will
be
on your left.
To Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Wetlands Learning Center,
103 Camp
Gifford Road, Bellevue. Follow the directions to the Katherine and Fred Buffett
Forest Learning Center. Continue east on Bellevue Blvd. past the Learning Center and
turn left onto Childs Road. Continue on Childs Road through the housing development. The road becomes Camp Gifford Road and will change
into a gravel surface. Continue on Camp Gifford
Road until it dead ends (approx. 2 miles from Bellevue Blvd).
The Wetlands
Learning Center will be on your right, just before
the entrance to
Gifford Farms.
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You may also want to visit:
Omaha Walking Club
www.omahawalkingclub.org
Fontenelle Nature Association Photography Club
www.fontenellephotoclub.org
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