Hotels in Kearney

Over the last 7 days, the median price for 2 adults was $100 a night, including any tax paid at the hotel. 3-star hotels had a median of $100 and 5-star hotels $161.

Sunday, with a median rate 15% below Friday over the last 4 weeks.

About 72 km in a straight line from Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI).

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A fort established in 1848 to provide a safe haven for travellers on the Oregon Trail, later abandoned and demolished in 1871. It is now a State Historical Park with camp sites, and all of its present buildings are reconstructions. The nearby State Recreation Area allows for boating, hiking and wildlife viewing. It is about 8.8 km from the centre.

Housed in a former post office, the museum holds over 5,000 pieces of artwork, celebrating Nebraska's artistic culture through artists such as George Catlin and Robert Henri. It also hosts an annual Student Art Show in spring, showing work from elementary school to high school students.

A historic mansion built in the 1890s by businessman G.W. Frank, which later became a tuberculosis hospital for most of the 20th century. It is about 2.3 km from the centre and welcomes walk-ins for both guided and self-guided tours; due to its age, there is no elevator to the upper floors, though a handicap accessible restroom is available on the ground floor.

A monument spanning Interstate 80, about 4.9 km from the centre, that lets visitors explore the settling of the west by Oregon Trail pioneers and the construction of the Lincoln Highway. Outside the archway there is a maze, a picnic area and a reconstructed sod house.