COMMUNITIES & LANDSCAPE

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Sunrises and sunsets graced with vibrant colors, brilliant blue skies, and crystal clear starlit nights are typical of any season in Sheridan County. Travelers can experience nature at its best in Sheridan County. The area’s diverse landscape, abundant wildlife and an ecological system that compares to the best of an ecologists experience, make up the eastern segment of Pine Ridge country.

The communities of Gordon, Rushville and Hay Springs are located in northern Sheridan County where U.S. Highway 20 threads from east to west. The diverse landscape from northern to central Sheridan County includes large rock formations and limestone cliffs jutting up among Ponderosa Pine forests, rolling hills covered with natural prairie grasses, and rich loam-soil farm grounds. In addition to services and amenities offered in these communities, travelers will experience a glimpse of pioneer history.

Bordering Sheridan County to the southeast are the largest, natural grass-covered sand dunes in the western hemisphere, the Sandhills of Nebraska. This vast grassland makes up the terrain of southern Sheridan County. Travelers can experience the natural beauty and tranquility of the Sandhills when driving north to Pine Ridge country on Highway 250 from Lakeside to Rushville, Highway 27 from Ellsworth to Gordon, or Highway 87 from Alliance to Hay Springs.