- The list below includes 21 free or cheap things to do in or near Hastings, Nebraska, including 26 different types of inexpensive activities like Movie Theaters, Music Venue, Sports Bars and Children's Museums.
- From Hastings Museum to Listening Room, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Hastings and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Grand Island.
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Featuring 100% digital projection, the Grand Island Stadium offers first run Hollywood films within seven individual auditoriums. Two screens at the theater present movies in Real-D 3D when it is available.
26.5 Miles
The Audubon Rowe Sanctuary is a conservation area based in the Platte Valley ecosystem, known for its sandhill crane populations. The site also houses the Ian Nicolson Audubon Center, an outdoor experience-based education centre and the 2nd largest straw bale-constructed building in the United States.
29.8 Miles
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4 Miles South of Red Cloud, Red Cloud, NE
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Named for the classic American writer Willa Cather, author of My Antonia and O Pioneers!, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie is 608 acres of protected prairie land. It is available for bus and walking tours, and for roadside sightseeing.
30.0 Miles
26 buildings on 2000 acres provide a history of American progress at the Harold Warp Pioneer Village. Visitors explore a one-room schoolhouse, early locomotives, a general store and a Pony Express Station. Many of the buildings were brought from their original locations and restored.
32.9 Miles
Kearney Raceway Park is a 1/4 mile NHRA dragstrip that uses a disused runway on the east side of the municipal airport. This strip is likely a WWII-vintage reserve airstrip.
35.2 Miles
The Nebraska Firefighters Museum and Education Center in Kearney, Nebraska is designed to educate the public about the science of firefighting as well as provide information about fire safety and prevention. The site memorializes the work of fallen firefighters.
35.8 Miles
Visitors to the Classic Car Collection see 180 vehicles in 50,000 square feet. Some of the vehicles on display include a 1916 Saxon Touring, 1916 Saxon Replica, and a 1917 Buick Touring.
36.8 Miles
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3060 East 1st Street, Kearney, NE 68847
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Often names as one of the top 10 must-see museums in the US, and one of the top 10 children's museums, the Great Platte River Road Archway Monuments spans over Interstate 80. At the museum, visitors see films, computer graphics, life-size dioramas, re-enactors as they explore 150 years of transportation.
36.8 Miles
Established in 1848, the original purpose of the site that now holds Fort Kearny State Historical Park was to protect the increased traffic along the Oregon Trail. Two of the old fort buildings have been reconstructed for viewing.
37.0 Miles
Popular first run movies are presented within the eight auditoriums of the Kearney Cinema 8. Select films are shown in 3D, and the cinema also offers discounts every Tuesday on all screenings.