Nebraska Highway 2
Take a dramatic journey to a place like none other. The Nebraska Sandhills await you.
The Sandhills Journey
"Nebraska’s Highway 2 is one of America’s 10 most beautiful highways. This road will take you to one of the last unexplored frontiers where vast treasures can be discovered." -Charles Kuralt
The Route
Expansive ranchland and abundant croplands, remote landscapes, winding rivers and dramatic Sandhills provide an amazing view along this 272-mile stretch of Nebraska Highway 2, from Grand Island to Alliance. A traveler could easily spend days on the byway and still not experience its many offerings.
The Sandhills
The Sandhills is an iconic American landscape, a land that fundamentally changed the way Americans view the country and themselves. The Sandhills are the largest area of stabilized grass covered sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere encompassing more than 13 million acres (20,312 square miles). The Sandhills equal an area about as large as Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island combined.
The Experience
The Sandhills, the water resources, the birds - both native and migratory, the wildlife, the Nebraska National Forest, and the absence of light pollution make the Sandhills Journey National Scenic Byway region a truly unique natural wonder, both nationally and internationally.