Olson Nature Preserve | |
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Location | Boone County, Nebraska, United States |
Nearest city | Petersburg, Nebraska; Albion, Nebraska |
Coordinates | 41°47′59.8″N 98°6′15.9″W / 41.799944°N 98.104417°W |
Area | 112 acres (45 ha) |
Established | 1995 |
Governing body | Prairie Plains Resource Institute |
The Olson Nature Preserve is a nature preserve in Boone County, in east-central Nebraska. It is located on Beaver Creek, between the towns of Albion and Petersburg. The preserve covers 112 acres (45 ha).[1]
The preserve serves for both education and recreation. It is used by local people as an outdoor classroom for studies about natural science, local history, agriculture, and the arts; and as a recreational area providing views of the Sandhills prairie, meadows, cottonwoods, oxbow wetlands, lowland tall grass, oak forest and the loess hills by Beaver Creek.[1]