Your Parks Adventure
Explore trails. Find Kit. Win prizes!
The 2025 Your Parks Adventure: Trail Trek will kick off on Saturday, May 17 and run through October 31. Stay tuned for more details on this website and follow our Facebook page!
How it works
Visit one of nearly 60 designated trail locations during the contest. Once you find the Trail Trek sign, snap a selfie with Kit, scan the QR code and submit your picture to our online entry form.
The more trails you visit, the more chances you have to win. Participate on your own or with a group. Once you’ve entered your first trail submission, you will be entered for a chance to win prizes generously provided by our sponsors, including outdoor gear, Nebraskaland Magazine subscription, a two-night cabin stay and much more!
Explore trail locations
Kit the Raccoon can be found at each of these trail locations, typically within a mile of the trailheads. Trails included in the program are located at Nebraska Game and Parks areas, as well as participating city, county, federal, and Natural Resource District areas.
Explore the map for locations near you. The icons on the map indicate suggested starting points near parking lots for locating selfie signs; they do not indicate exact latitude and longitude. Find additional details about each trail location in the drop-down section below the map.
2025 trail details coming soon!
2024 Trail Trek
More than 850 individuals and families explored Nebraska’s trails last summer and fall as part of Your Parks Adventure: Trail Trek, a free program offered by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the Nebraska Recreation and Parks Association.
The program, new in 2024, encouraged people to explore 48 designated trail sites across Nebraska, where they snapped selfies with a Trail Trek sign. Trails included Nebraska Game and Parks areas, as well as participating city, county, federal and Natural Resource District areas. From May to October, participants made over 5,100 visits to these trails.
The grand prize winners – Mary Dooley of Norfolk and Marge Gray of Omaha – will enjoy a two-night cabin stay at a Nebraska state park, a 2025 Nebraska park entry permit, an annual subscription to Nebraskaland Magazine, a backyard birding package and more.
- Anne Herman, Omaha: Biking package
- Cheryl Gerkins, Lincoln: Camp cooking package
- David Miller, Beaver Crossing: Fishing package
- Jessica McGinley, Valentine: Hiking package
- Ida Van Scyoc, Shenandoah, Iowa: Hiking package
- Barbara Schaefer, Pierce: Birding package
- Christina Valenzuela, Orleans: Camping games package
- Martin Versaw, Lincoln: Camping games package
- Richard Hanigan, Lincoln: Camping games package
Go Pro
- Rebecca Miller, Beaver Crossing
- John Grebl, Papillion
GPS
- Doug Hubbard, Omaha
- Deb Watchorn, Lincoln
$250 gift card
- Mary Mohler, Superior
- Tiffany Schank, Scottsbluff
- Maddie Coe, Crete
- Brigitte Schreck, Papillion
$100 gift card
- Rebecca Clark, Lincoln
- Betty Mann, Berwyn
- Karen Rueschhoff, Lincoln
- Deb Blank, Hadar
$50 gift card
- Tracy Vrba, Columbus
- Diane Hofer, Seward
- Charlotte Waters, Colorado Springs, CO
- Lori Landis, Waverly
Hiking stick
- Betty Lou Lang
- James Andrysik
- Kim Kanellis
- Rachel Miller
- Wendi Nelson
- Charlie Wood
- Linda Sparks
- Sheri Adams
2025 Annual Park Permit
- Dennis Zabel
- Melissa Canterberry
- Douglas Abele
- Melissa Kirkpatrick
- Karen Griffin Sieber
- Beth Singleton
- Rick Erdei
- Justin Broughton
- Crystal Schank
- Tammy Hubl
- Lora Sypal
- Anne Gibbs
- Gwen Mohler
- Kendra Sullivan
- Jim Frohman
- Tisha Thacker
- Joe Warner
- Randy Douglas
1-year Nebraskaland Magazine Subscription
- Daniel Schreck
- Lori Gothier
- Kate Stephens
- Susan Whited
- Valerie Beraun
- Becky McHenry
- Anastasia Davis
- Mathew Ellison
- Lynn McCollough
- Krista Deal
- Tyler Mainquist
- Jim Prokopec
- Sarah Jones
- Tammy Stuhr
- Catherine Nixon
- Kathy Trudell
- Christy Hofer
- Shawnee Armstrong
Nebraskaland Calendar
- Marie Wardyn
- Debbie Aden
- Denise Mainquist
- Karla Pineda Gutierrez
- Spencer Green
- Sheri Pfeil
- Paul Cox
- Michael Eberspacher
- Shaina McIntosh
- Krista Testin
- Paulette Kuhlman
- Robert Grebl
- Nicole Boon
- Steve Fosbender
- Sue Holliday
- Michelle Pretty
- Jericho Johnson
- Jerry Brittain
2025 prize winners
The grand prize winners – Mary Dooley of Norfolk and Marge Gray of Omaha – will enjoy a two-night cabin stay at a Nebraska state park, a 2025 Nebraska park entry permit, an annual subscription to Nebraskaland Magazine, a backyard birding package and more.
- Anne Herman, Omaha: Biking package
- Cheryl Gerkins, Lincoln: Camp cooking package
- David Miller, Beaver Crossing: Fishing package
- Jessica McGinley, Valentine: Hiking package
- Ida Van Scyoc, Shenandoah, Iowa: Hiking package
- Barbara Schaefer, Pierce: Birding package
- Christina Valenzuela, Orleans: Camping games package
- Martin Versaw, Lincoln: Camping games package
- Richard Hanigan, Lincoln: Camping games package
Go Pro
- Rebecca Miller, Beaver Crossing
- John Grebl, Papillion
GPS
- Doug Hubbard, Omaha
- Deb Watchorn, Lincoln
$250 gift card
- Mary Mohler, Superior
- Tiffany Schank, Scottsbluff
- Maddie Coe, Crete
- Brigitte Schreck, Papillion
$100 gift card
- Rebecca Clark, Lincoln
- Betty Mann, Berwyn
- Karen Rueschhoff, Lincoln
- Deb Blank, Hadar
$50 gift card
- Tracy Vrba, Columbus
- Diane Hofer, Seward
- Charlotte Waters, Colorado Springs, CO
- Lori Landis, Waverly
Hiking stick
- Betty Lou Lang
- James Andrysik
- Kim Kanellis
- Rachel Miller
- Wendi Nelson
- Charlie Wood
- Linda Sparks
- Sheri Adams
2025 Annual Park Permit
- Dennis Zabel
- Melissa Canterberry
- Douglas Abele
- Melissa Kirkpatrick
- Karen Griffin Sieber
- Beth Singleton
- Rick Erdei
- Justin Broughton
- Crystal Schank
- Tammy Hubl
- Lora Sypal
- Anne Gibbs
- Gwen Mohler
- Kendra Sullivan
- Jim Frohman
- Tisha Thacker
- Joe Warner
- Randy Douglas
1-year Nebraskaland Magazine Subscription
- Daniel Schreck
- Lori Gothier
- Kate Stephens
- Susan Whited
- Valerie Beraun
- Becky McHenry
- Anastasia Davis
- Mathew Ellison
- Lynn McCollough
- Krista Deal
- Tyler Mainquist
- Jim Prokopec
- Sarah Jones
- Tammy Stuhr
- Catherine Nixon
- Kathy Trudell
- Christy Hofer
- Shawnee Armstrong
Nebraskaland Calendar
- Marie Wardyn
- Debbie Aden
- Denise Mainquist
- Karla Pineda Gutierrez
- Spencer Green
- Sheri Pfeil
- Paul Cox
- Michael Eberspacher
- Shaina McIntosh
- Krista Testin
- Paulette Kuhlman
- Robert Grebl
- Nicole Boon
- Steve Fosbender
- Sue Holliday
- Michelle Pretty
- Jericho Johnson
- Jerry Brittain
